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After removing the side panel, it's clear that my oil cooler has been leaking for a while. Fortunately, AFAB sells a complete replacement kit including a new oil cooler and new hoses!
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The tail light covers come off easy enough with 10 screws and a single connector.
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The white housing beneath comes off with a bolt on the left and a screw on the right.
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On my Vixen there was a hex head bolt on the top right, and a on-its-way-to-being-stripped Phillips head bolt on the top left.
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There were two Phillips screws in the bottom of the panel, but these weren't actually attached to anything.
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My new side-routed exhaust definitely made it harder to get this panel out.
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There's one electrical plug and 4 obvious hex bolts to remove the condenser fan.
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Once the condenser fan is removed we can get a good look at the oil cooler. The fittings are certainly leaking, but the cooler itself might actually be fine.
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The Vixen bleeds black and I bleed red, whoops!
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Here's all the shiny new replacement parts. You can buy the oil cooler kit from AFAB.
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I made a mess of the threads putting one of the blue aluminum fittings in to the top of the new oil cooler. Thanks to a 1/2" NPT tap and die from Harbor Freight and a friend's help I was able to salvage it and I don't think it leaks, but time will tell...
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On a closer inspection, all my existing fittings are leaking, which at this point I suppose is a good sign.
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Getting the oil cooler off the condenser was easy, there's just two bolts. But it's still attached to the engine...
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It was easy enough to loosen the hose clamps and pop the hoses off.
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This made a mess, because not surprisingly, there's oil in the lines.
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There was a lot of oil/dust sludge beneath the oil cooler, requiring a rather dirty cleanup.
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Removing the remaining couplers was quite challenging.
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I was able to borrow some large metric wrenches (24 mm and 27 mm) from a friend to help with this step.
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After the first fitting was off, I was able to get a 24 mm socket over the second one to remove the fitting.
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I routed the new lines the same as the old ones.
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The plastic lining the hole the hoses go through is definitely decaying, but seems like it'll still protect the hoses ok.
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The lines are just barely long enough, but it reaches!
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Mounting to the condenser is straightforward.
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Everything's in place!
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I spent some more time cleaning the dirty panel below. Thus far I have no leaks from the new oil cooler!
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
