god damn uro parts coolant transfer pipe :(
03-02-2014, 08:08 AM
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My Ride: e60 545i, e46 330i
There's a two-piece tube kit available that's full of advice, link below:
http://www.autopartsapi.com/eeuropar...wwatertube.pdf
http://www.autopartsapi.com/eeuropar...wwatertube.pdf
In the end, I used *that* two-piece pipe, but I fitted it in from the front of the engine just like you would fit the OEM one-piece pipe. I could have just bought the OEM pipe for 1/4 of the price. The job is not the nightmare that people say. OK it's a bit of a big job, but heads can stay on.;. just loosen oil pans as described earlier.
03-02-2014, 06:00 PM
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That's precisely the pipe that we all bought, and that I got so frustrated with.
In the end, I used *that* two-piece pipe, but I fitted it in from the front of the engine just like you would fit the OEM one-piece pipe. I could have just bought the OEM pipe for 1/4 of the price. The job is not the nightmare that people say. OK it's a bit of a big job, but heads can stay on.;. just loosen oil pans as described earlier.
In the end, I used *that* two-piece pipe, but I fitted it in from the front of the engine just like you would fit the OEM one-piece pipe. I could have just bought the OEM pipe for 1/4 of the price. The job is not the nightmare that people say. OK it's a bit of a big job, but heads can stay on.;. just loosen oil pans as described earlier.
12-31-2021, 04:52 AM
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I'm getting so fed up of this now.
I've been trying to get the pipe to fit past the front seal since yesterday.
Fitting the front seal is a trauma in itself. The thin edge of the seal will never push in flush, you have to sit that edge in first, then force the rear down, but doing this all the way around is so difficult.
Anyway, I got the seal in, but there is no way the pipe will slide right through the seal and push up against the timing cover (they say you'll feel the click). Instead it gets half way through the seal and then squashes the seal up out of the gap.
The seal just isn't compressing like they expect it to.
I have greased it up etc.
The weather is quite hot here, so I have just put the pipe in the freezer and will see if that helps.
Honestly, removing the front timing cover can't be *that* difficult can it? I reckon it'd be easier than this anyway.
Anybody been in the same boat?
I've been trying to get the pipe to fit past the front seal since yesterday.
Fitting the front seal is a trauma in itself. The thin edge of the seal will never push in flush, you have to sit that edge in first, then force the rear down, but doing this all the way around is so difficult.
Anyway, I got the seal in, but there is no way the pipe will slide right through the seal and push up against the timing cover (they say you'll feel the click). Instead it gets half way through the seal and then squashes the seal up out of the gap.
The seal just isn't compressing like they expect it to.
I have greased it up etc.
The weather is quite hot here, so I have just put the pipe in the freezer and will see if that helps.
Honestly, removing the front timing cover can't be *that* difficult can it? I reckon it'd be easier than this anyway.
Anybody been in the same boat?
Last edited by James78; 12-31-2021 at 04:57 AM.
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