Quick question (Oil cooler)....

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… the standard oil cooler on the S1… is it thermostatically controlled or always circulating?

Also, I’ve noticed (my clams are off and car in a million bits) that the rubber on the outside of my cooler lines looks like it’s seen better days and I guess it’s a better time to replace them when the car’s in the state it is now. Any tips on how to replace the lines as I imagine this could end up being a tricky job.

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George

1.Always circulating.

  1. Attach new oil hoses to the old ones, then pull through the car/sills. You may have to “butcher” the coin holder to gain access to the sill area, if the hoses get snagged.

Of course I’ve never done it myself, but I’m sure that’s what Martin/AndyD do

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Aah ok… I WAS hoping to remove the old ones so that I could get Pirtek to make me up some new lines to the same pattern etc first. I suppose I could just buy the blank hose and pull it through then get one of their hydraulic “hose doctor” fleet to come around and do the terminations for me.

Does anyone have any advice on whether it’s advantageous going to a thermostatically-controlled sandwich plate? I doubt it to be honest as AFAIK the Exige always has a trouble cooling its oil, not heating it… besides, it’s not often I start the car from cold and go straight out onto open highway anyway, it usually gets a very thorough low-speed warm-up before seeing any open highway action.

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George

Send AndyD a pm - I’m sure he’ll know the answer re pattern/dimensions etc.

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Thanks Mr P, once again your encyclopaedic knowledge of all things/people S1 'Zige does you credit!

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George

If your going to replace the ruber hose with rubber hose the mobile guy may be your best option.

The problem with making the hoses with the fittings on and then trying to pull them through the sill is the fittings will snag on something.

Better to cut off the old fitting and pull the new hose through with the old and then get the fittings attached if you can IMHO

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Thanks Andy… after studying the problem, that appeared to be the best course of action. One of our suppliers is a hydraulics firm and they deal in this kinda stuff, I don’t mind paying a bit more to have one of their mobile fitters come out to do the job if it saves me a weekend of swearing and tantrums