JohnCL
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| posted on 23/5/11 at 01:37 PM |
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OIl cooler hoses, Hyabusa Fury
At Kames sprint yesterday a hose came adrift from the oil cooler. Hopefully the engine is OK as i don't recall the oil warning light coming on.
Oil everywhere!
At a quick look last night it seems the hose was held on by a jubilee clip which is still there, loose on the pipe from the engine, while the hose is
free.
This seems an odd way to secure such a important bit of kit or is this standard.
Has anyone a better suggestion for fixing the existing hose back on or replacing it with a better method?
Ta
John
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Bigboystoys
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| posted on 23/5/11 at 01:52 PM |
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The oil cooler pipe ends that bolt to the crankcase are steel so I simply soldered a threaded union on each end and use a braided hose that fitted
that union to join the two. Works perfectly and a repair you know you can trust not to come off. Nothing worse than worrying about loosing an oil pipe
all the time. Mine is a gsxr 1000 engine but sure they are the same
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noc231073
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| posted on 23/5/11 at 06:11 PM |
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replace it with either proper oil hose and goodridge fittings expensive btw ... or go to your local hydraulic place and get the to make you up some
hoseing with swaged fittings..
what oil cooler are ya using??
and what fitting have you got at the engine end ?
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snapper
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| posted on 23/5/11 at 06:15 PM |
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I had an oil cooler pipe push off, the oil up the side of the cat and underneath was phenomenal.
Planning on swaged hoses on my cooler next.
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Bigboystoys
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| posted on 23/5/11 at 07:54 PM |
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Snapper (Paul) picked up my car from Paul goodham yesterday. Cheers for the recommendation. He has done a lovely job.
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Antnicuk
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| posted on 23/5/11 at 08:02 PM |
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i went to Think Automotive (Mocal) as they sell hose and fittings that you just dip the hose in boiling water and then push it on and its rated to 200
psi. I did still put clips on as i was paranoid but nothing has shifted yet and rotaries run quite high oil pressure. It was an easy way to buy
fittings (which were quite cheap in steel) and make the hoses at home to suit.
600 BHP per ton, Stylus Brought back from the dead! Turbo Rotary Powered!
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JohnCL
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| posted on 25/5/11 at 08:28 AM |
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Thanks, I'm going to re clip it up to test engine and for the next sprint if alls OK. I can then ask the others for opinions on the set up.
There's some views that for speed events an oil cooler is not needed up here in sunny Scotland. The cars not road legal.
Any views on that?
John
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Rustybin
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| posted on 28/5/11 at 10:34 AM |
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Very few sprinters bother with an oil cooler on a 'busa. Getting the oil temp high enough is usually the problem.
If you get some blanking plates. Dont forget that you need to remove the restrictor behind the oil filter. It looks like a big grub screw with a hex
head and needs to be removed completely or you will get oil starvation and engine damage.
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JohnCL
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| posted on 31/5/11 at 08:36 AM |
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Thanks for all the help. I've seen blanking plates for sale and they mention removing the grub screw.
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Nick DV
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| posted on 31/5/11 at 09:23 AM |
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Why go to the trouble of removing stuff and blanking off things, after all you may have the need of an oil cooler if you use the car for something
other than a hillclimb. Leave it and cover it with something for hillclimbs and remove the cover when doing other things. Simples!!
Cheers, Nick 
"The force will be with you, always!"
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JohnCL
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| posted on 1/6/11 at 08:26 AM |
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Duh, plastic bag coming up!!
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