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Hi, If you pop down to your local hydraulic/pneu fitting shop and find a male 6mm hosetail to 1/4 steel standpipe fitting and unscrew the outer
hex, the inner thread will fit the fuel rail.
I did exactly that when fitting my 4.2

Hi, if you connect the outlet and inlet ports together then you need to make sure that you have the right sort of fitting on the outlet, it has an internal sleeve and an o-ring to direct the oil up the pipe, otherwise it just circulates within the housing. Altho this should still flow round the motor.

Hi, If you just want to run with no cooler on a serp cover, then just plug the cooler ports, m18 or m20, can't remember which as I sit here but can be got from hydraulic shops. When you fit the cooler, the fittings have a special set of ends with internal o-rings that block and expose the right oilp...

Thats it! I have got the factory cooler pipes so I guess it would be possible to knock up something that would do the same job if anybody needs the dimensions and a photo or 2.

The act of fitting the factory cooler hoses closes off the internal oilway and flows the oil round the cooler. If you just want to blank off the cooler lines then a simple plug in each hole will be fine. If you want to fit a cooler then you will need to replicate the factory style fitting in the por...

The fittings on crank driven pumps are either m18 0r m20 depending on the type interim or gems, and if you are just wanting to blank off the cooler then just plugging the holes will be fine. If you want to add a cooler then things are a little more involved as the oil port nearest the crank can just...

Adam, I recently fitted a 4.2 serp engine to my toy, having had years with the old style oil pumps I was concerned at the apparent lack of pressure when cranking, but I was confident that all was ok and went for a start. Pressure buillt almost instantly the engine fired! This was on an engine that I...