Oil cooler outlet/inlet (Rover V8)
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Oil cooler outlet/inlet (Rover V8)
Hi all,
Does anyone know the size/thread of the oil cooler outlet/inlet holes located near the oil filter mount? My car will not be running an oil cooler - can I just plug these holes, or do I need to run a hose from one to the other?
My engine is a 3.9 with intermediate front cover, if that makes a difference.
Cheers,
A
Does anyone know the size/thread of the oil cooler outlet/inlet holes located near the oil filter mount? My car will not be running an oil cooler - can I just plug these holes, or do I need to run a hose from one to the other?
My engine is a 3.9 with intermediate front cover, if that makes a difference.
Cheers,
A
Hello Adam,
The oil cooler distribution plate mounts onto the oil pump front cover.
If you remove the centre spigot that currently is used to retain the oil filter, the oil cooler plate will come away.
You can now fit your oil filter directly onto the oil pump front cover, as in any RV8 that is not fitted with an oil cooler.
The diameter and thread on the spigot that accepts the oil filter remains the same.
Ron.
The oil cooler distribution plate mounts onto the oil pump front cover.
If you remove the centre spigot that currently is used to retain the oil filter, the oil cooler plate will come away.
You can now fit your oil filter directly onto the oil pump front cover, as in any RV8 that is not fitted with an oil cooler.
The diameter and thread on the spigot that accepts the oil filter remains the same.
Ron.
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I have seen late style covers with plugs in them so should not be a problem blanking them off.
What I did as a Temp measure while getting new oil cooler hoes made, was to cut two old oil cooler hoses up , and cut the ends off and then weld the ends up to make plugs. this way I could use the O-rings from the original ends, so they sealed correctly. If you just juse bolts you may have a sealing problem.
Oh and I want to keep my plugs as will be building another engine, so want to be able to plug the holes until I do the swap.
What I did as a Temp measure while getting new oil cooler hoes made, was to cut two old oil cooler hoses up , and cut the ends off and then weld the ends up to make plugs. this way I could use the O-rings from the original ends, so they sealed correctly. If you just juse bolts you may have a sealing problem.
Oh and I want to keep my plugs as will be building another engine, so want to be able to plug the holes until I do the swap.
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Current Project TVR Tasmin Race, with 3.9 running at 230 BHP
Currently building a 4.6 300 BHP Xbolted Engine for it. Solid Lifters and Group A rockers, Stange 4 heads, Pocketed piston, fully balanced.
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 have a hose fitted while the one nearest the pressure switch needs to plug the inner port that runs down to the crank but allow oil out the hose, the factory cooler hoses have a special end on this plug, a sort of closed end tube, drilled thru one side with a small inner o ring on the end that blanks of the inner hole. Just fitting regular plugs on hoses to a cooler will not direct all the oil round the cooler.
If you want to add a cooler then things are a little more involved as the oil port nearest the crank can just have a hose fitted while the one nearest the pressure switch needs to plug the inner port that runs down to the crank but allow oil out the hose, the factory cooler hoses have a special end on this plug, a sort of closed end tube, drilled thru one side with a small inner o ring on the end that blanks of the inner hole. Just fitting regular plugs on hoses to a cooler will not direct all the oil round the cooler.
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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 port nearest the oil light switch, the lower port just needs a normal m18/20 fitting.
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 port nearest the oil light switch, the lower port just needs a normal m18/20 fitting.
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