What is an oil cooling line?
What is an oil cooling line?
These lines run to an oil cooler, which works a lot like your car’s radiator, allowing air to remove excess heat before the oil is sent back into the engine. If the oil cooler lines are leaking, the oil level can drop quickly, causing possible internal engine damage.
How do you replace an oil cooler line?
If the oil cooler hose is kept secure with a line holder, use a small socket to remove the retaining bolts. The oil cooler line should then drop away from the frame and the clamps holding it in place. One of the hardest parts of replacing the oil cooler line, is removing it from the engine compartment.
What’s the hardest part of replacing an oil cooler?
One of the hardest parts of replacing the oil cooler line, is removing it from the engine compartment. The oil line is going to be weaved in and around different parts.
What happens if you dont replace the oil cooler hose?
Without the oil cooler hose the engine, or the transmission, will get too hot to operate smoothly, and burn up. Leaks in the oil cooler hose need to be attended to immediately. Here are some steps for the average do-it-yourself mechanic to replace the oil cooler hose in a few hours.
How big of a fitting do I need for an oil cooler?
Most find that -8an or -10 an size fittings are sufficient. Also be sure to try and minimize length and number of bends in the oil lines as your run them to the coolers location. Installation of an Oil Cooler
If the oil cooler hose is kept secure with a line holder, use a small socket to remove the retaining bolts. The oil cooler line should then drop away from the frame and the clamps holding it in place. One of the hardest parts of replacing the oil cooler line, is removing it from the engine compartment.
What’s the pressure on the oil cooler line?
It is the oil cooler line pressure rated @ 300psi, NOT the transmission line rated at 400psi. Once clean and dry, hook up the new hose w/ the worm gear clamps.
One of the hardest parts of replacing the oil cooler line, is removing it from the engine compartment. The oil line is going to be weaved in and around different parts.
How do you attach oil line to radiator?
Weave the oil line in through the engine parts again, and line it up with the line holders. Attach it to the line holders, and secure them in place by driving in the bolts with a socket wrench. With the new hose lined up with the couplings of the radiator and the terminal point, make the connections by threading the couplings onto the lines.
