Oil Cooler Pipes
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Oil Cooler Pipes
In view of my recent experience, I would advise anyone with a car that's now around 20 years old to replace the pipes between the engine and the oil cooler. The rubber hose parted company with the aluminium crimped connector at 75mph (ish !!) on the M5 Motorway on Friday, and by the time I had got the car to the side of the road, I had a seized engine.
Could have been serious but wasn't, so I'm resigned to the fact that it's a consequence of owning an ageing car and "just one of those things" but if it hasn't happened to you - just be advised that it might.
Not the easiest place to get a camera, but you can see where the hose on the left has come apart - it should look like the one on the right.
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Steve.
Yes - I accept its a consequence of owning an elderly car, and that such things can happen.
It was daylight and dry and although the traffic was moving fast, things might have been different had it been wet and dark. As soon as I got the warning light, I knocked it into neutral but kept the engine running to keep brakes and steering until I could get across to the hard-shoulder and relative safety. In that short time, the engine seized but whether the whole engine is now one big lump of melted steel and aluminium or whether a reground crankshaft and new bearing shells will be enough to fix it is yet to be investigated. I haven't got Steve's "Realgauge" but I don't think that would have saved me - I must have pumped over 6 litres of oil on the to road in the space of a few seconds. Lots of options to consider, none of which will be inexpensive, but it is a Bank Holiday weekend here in the UK, so can't really start doing anything until next week. Got the car back home on a low-loader by the recovery company, so both vehicle and driver are relatively safe and unscathed, which is the important thing. The seized engine is a Jaguar replacement for the original 1997 'Nikasil' engine and has only done around 65k miles, so it's certainly worth considering a rebuild if the figures make sense.
Yes - I accept its a consequence of owning an elderly car, and that such things can happen.
It was daylight and dry and although the traffic was moving fast, things might have been different had it been wet and dark. As soon as I got the warning light, I knocked it into neutral but kept the engine running to keep brakes and steering until I could get across to the hard-shoulder and relative safety. In that short time, the engine seized but whether the whole engine is now one big lump of melted steel and aluminium or whether a reground crankshaft and new bearing shells will be enough to fix it is yet to be investigated. I haven't got Steve's "Realgauge" but I don't think that would have saved me - I must have pumped over 6 litres of oil on the to road in the space of a few seconds. Lots of options to consider, none of which will be inexpensive, but it is a Bank Holiday weekend here in the UK, so can't really start doing anything until next week. Got the car back home on a low-loader by the recovery company, so both vehicle and driver are relatively safe and unscathed, which is the important thing. The seized engine is a Jaguar replacement for the original 1997 'Nikasil' engine and has only done around 65k miles, so it's certainly worth considering a rebuild if the figures make sense.
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