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<blockquote data-quote="moots" data-source="post: 736707" data-attributes="member: 219"><p>So this oil cooler has been bugging me ever since i bought the car.Stories(not many) of the cooler failing internally which mixes atf oil with coolant vice versa sends chills down my spine...</p><p><a href="http://s962.photobucket.com/user/moots11/media/e60/20150924_1518451_zpskjgd4ia8.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae104/moots11/e60/20150924_1518451_zpskjgd4ia8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Tried DIY at home.So might as well remove and clean radiator.Yech it was dirty with a jazillion small stones and particles...</p><p><a href="http://s962.photobucket.com/user/moots11/media/e60/20150924_1634211_zpsamkl30hw.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae104/moots11/e60/20150924_1634211_zpsamkl30hw.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Radiator removed.View from top.Leaves and muck trapped in between rad and a/c condenser...</p><p><a href="http://s962.photobucket.com/user/moots11/media/e60/20150924_1634411_zpst8ympp8d.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae104/moots11/e60/20150924_1634411_zpst8ympp8d.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Tried removing the oil line from the cooler but too tight.Don't have the tool to depress the white release tabs so off I went to optimum auto the next day to have them replace it and this is what we found...</p><p><a href="http://s962.photobucket.com/user/moots11/media/e60/20150925_1200211_zpsknozeczt.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae104/moots11/e60/20150925_1200211_zpsknozeczt.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>My coolant needed topping up by half a cup every week.So mystery is now solved.Glad I had brought it in....</p><p><a href="http://s962.photobucket.com/user/moots11/media/e60/20150926_1048521_zps73pq9sow.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae104/moots11/e60/20150926_1048521_zps73pq9sow.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>This pipe change is a manifold off job....</p><p><a href="http://s962.photobucket.com/user/moots11/media/e60/20150925_1133171_zpslliihvxt.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae104/moots11/e60/20150925_1133171_zpslliihvxt.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>pipe....rm340</p><p>oil cooler....rm370</p><p>labour....rm250</p><p></p><p>Happy that this was caught in time or otherwise this could leave me stranded if the plastic pipe decided to burst open whilst driving...</p><p><a href="http://s962.photobucket.com/user/moots11/media/e60/20150925_1146491_zps3exsjaft.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae104/moots11/e60/20150925_1146491_zps3exsjaft.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moots, post: 736707, member: 219"] So this oil cooler has been bugging me ever since i bought the car.Stories(not many) of the cooler failing internally which mixes atf oil with coolant vice versa sends chills down my spine... [URL=http://s962.photobucket.com/user/moots11/media/e60/20150924_1518451_zpskjgd4ia8.jpg.html][IMG]http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae104/moots11/e60/20150924_1518451_zpskjgd4ia8.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Tried DIY at home.So might as well remove and clean radiator.Yech it was dirty with a jazillion small stones and particles... [URL=http://s962.photobucket.com/user/moots11/media/e60/20150924_1634211_zpsamkl30hw.jpg.html][IMG]http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae104/moots11/e60/20150924_1634211_zpsamkl30hw.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Radiator removed.View from top.Leaves and muck trapped in between rad and a/c condenser... [URL=http://s962.photobucket.com/user/moots11/media/e60/20150924_1634411_zpst8ympp8d.jpg.html][IMG]http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae104/moots11/e60/20150924_1634411_zpst8ympp8d.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Tried removing the oil line from the cooler but too tight.Don't have the tool to depress the white release tabs so off I went to optimum auto the next day to have them replace it and this is what we found... [URL=http://s962.photobucket.com/user/moots11/media/e60/20150925_1200211_zpsknozeczt.jpg.html][IMG]http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae104/moots11/e60/20150925_1200211_zpsknozeczt.jpg[/IMG][/URL] My coolant needed topping up by half a cup every week.So mystery is now solved.Glad I had brought it in.... [URL=http://s962.photobucket.com/user/moots11/media/e60/20150926_1048521_zps73pq9sow.jpg.html][IMG]http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae104/moots11/e60/20150926_1048521_zps73pq9sow.jpg[/IMG][/URL] This pipe change is a manifold off job.... [URL=http://s962.photobucket.com/user/moots11/media/e60/20150925_1133171_zpslliihvxt.jpg.html][IMG]http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae104/moots11/e60/20150925_1133171_zpslliihvxt.jpg[/IMG][/URL] pipe....rm340 oil cooler....rm370 labour....rm250 Happy that this was caught in time or otherwise this could leave me stranded if the plastic pipe decided to burst open whilst driving... [URL=http://s962.photobucket.com/user/moots11/media/e60/20150925_1146491_zps3exsjaft.jpg.html][IMG]http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae104/moots11/e60/20150925_1146491_zps3exsjaft.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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