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Update took the oil filter housing apart replace the gasket on both the oil cooler and the house but when putting everything back I cracked the oil housing and oil got into the cooling system so now I have to flush the cooling system to take out any remaining oil that’s may be in the system any suggestions how to get oil out the system pics are below This Gasket was very hard and brittle This is where one of the bolts broke the housing so I have put in an order for another one
Sorry you had this trouble but the greatest lessons are learned from our mistakes.
You must be gentle when doing aluminum bolts
Try and do them to the correct pressure which will prevent it
Do you know how much oil got into your cooling system?
Maybe just a simple radiator flush from your closest car shop/center will do it and then just check later that there is no oil residue in the expansion tank
Did you also check your power steering tank and hoses?
Do not put any RTV in the o-ring groove. Gently clean the mating surface with a fine scrotch brite and torque down the bolts in an alternating fashion. otherwise the leak will come back
Use a torque wrench if you are unsure about the torque "feeling", the torque spec is 22N-m... thats very light.
12-18-2017, 07:59 AM
