Engine Reassembly

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Originally Posted by Xti

Thanks for the reply, Jim.
Do you mean the connections ON the oil cooler or it's connections to the engine support (which I assume)? We have tried the first case but these won't get off...

Greatings,
Cristian.

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Alfa had the idea of thread locking these connectors on, I don't know of anyone who has managed to remove the oil cooler pipes from the original oil cooler without damaging it.

I have :lol:

I removed the entire cooler from the car, disconnecting the pipes at the engine end.

Then placed the cooler in a vice, protected with strips of wood. Then gently removed the bolts with a half turn forward and quarter turn back...like tapping a thread.

The problem is steel and aluminium fusing, so it is hard work...I still needed to clean the threads up afterwards and parts had disappeared, but it survived!

wrinx