luvmy280zxt Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Hello everyone!! Well my oil cooler lines sprung a leak on me, two pin sized holes and have been leaking quiet slowly on me up until today. They finally decided to split and leave a nice puddle of oil on my garage floor. I read on this site that if I no longer have the auto turbo on my 81 zxt then the oil cooler is not required. So I removed the cooler, the in and out lines and the oil filter adapter only to discover that once the adapter is removed from the block I can't install an oil filter without it. I've seen n/a blocks and how the oil filter just screw's on flush to the block and that's what I would like for my filter to do also. Is there a special adapter on a n/a block that i need to accomplish this? Or is there another way? Oh just in case, I did search for oil cooler removal, oil cooler system removal, oil cooler filter adapter mod....... I mostly found threads on oil cooler instlation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy 77zt Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 (edited) Hello everyone!! Well my oil cooler lines sprung a leak on me, two pin sized holes and have been leaking quiet slowly on me up until today. They finally decided to split and leave a nice puddle of oil on my garage floor. I read on this site that if I no longer have the auto turbo on my 81 zxt then the oil cooler is not required. So I removed the cooler, the in and out lines and the oil filter adapter only to discover that once the adapter is removed from the block I can't install an oil filter without it. I've seen n/a blocks and how the oil filter just screw's on flush to the block and that's what I would like for my filter to do also. Is there a special adapter on a n/a block that i need to accomplish this? Or is there another way? Oh just in case, I did search for oil cooler removal, oil cooler system removal, oil cooler filter adapter mod....... I mostly found threads on oil cooler instlation. [/quote you can unscrew the adaptor from a z engine at a wrecking yard.if you have a die grinder with a cutting wheel you can cut the crimps off of the old lines and replace the lines with some industrial hydraulic hose and hose clamps.not that hard Edited June 7, 2010 by randy 77zt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruiz Racing Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I hope someone answers soon. I have the same problem. My hose has a nasty hole. I was thinking that all one would need was a threaded spline to stick in there. I don't know where to buy them or how to make one. you should also try the l6 forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoov100 Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 You can also just spend about $100 and get new lines made with the old fittings to just about any length you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvmy280zxt Posted June 9, 2010 Author Share Posted June 9, 2010 You can also just spend about $100 and get new lines made with the old fittings to just about any length you need. Ok, so I went to NAPA and they said that they can replace both hoses for me but they might have to change the fittings on the bulk head that connect directly to the oil cooler itself. Should cost about 50 bucks they said. On a side note.....I really couldnt find exactly where the leak was comming from since they were so small. Even with the car being reved up, sooooooo I took some white plumbers tape and wrapped it around the oil cooler lines, well after I cleaned them with a dry cleaning solvent first. After I started up the car it only took a few seconds to see on the plumbers tape exactly where the 4 pin hole leaks were. I know.....sounds like a waste of tape but...I did find the leaks!!!!!! Great sucess!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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