Hey guys, I bought a second gen oil cooler, and i have got some custom lines fabed. Now i'm wondering, instead of using a oil filter pedestal, why can't i just keep the behive and use that as a pedestal? It would make my life easier, and i just changed the Orings for new Mazda one 3 months ago.

Thanks, Matt

 

You probably "could" keep the bee hive, but aside from the fact that it's a bitch to remove, why would you want to? The stock under-rad unit provides all the oil cooling you'll ever need, even under hard driving on hot summer days. And on the colder winter days it actually cools too well, making it necessary to place a piece of cardboard in front of part of it so that the engine can reach operating temps.

Getting rid of the beehive sheds about 5 pounds of unnecessary weight and once removed you'll find there's more elbow room for tasks such as changing spark plugs and the clutch slave cylinder. There's also less mess when changing the oil filter since a rag placed around the base of the filter to catch the dripping oil will capture more of it with no beehive.

To remove the beehive you'll need a 12mm (or 10mm, I forget which) open end wrench. Nothing else will fit. Working from up above you'll need to remove three nuts by feel using short swings of the wrench and flipping it over alternately to get full swing.

It's a tedious job and will take 1/2 hour or there abouts, but you'll only ever have to do it once. From there, the pedestal bolts easily into place. All that's left is to splice the coolant hose connections that used to go to the beehive together.

 

BTW, I use K&N oil filters, they don't spill at all when changing them

 

how would i have to modify the beehive in order to use it?

 

The beehive itself wouldn't have to be modified, but the plumbing would. See that metal oil tube that runs from the beehive to the bottom LH side of the front cover? You'd have to somehow Tee it into the shorter of the two oil cooler lines going into the under-rad oil cooler because that short line enters the front cover in the same location as the metal tube does. Sounds way more difficult than removing the beehive altogether.

 

I just punch a hole in my filter before Idrain the pan so the oil drains to the pan......by the time I'm done on the bottom the filter is empty.
and I've considered using the beehive and the oil to air cooler at the same time.

 

Yeah, that's what I used to do before I changed to K&N.

 

Exactly, finally someone who has the same philosophy


if you need a oil-filter ped.

let one of us know, I bet there are atleast 100 spare just between the rest fo the 1st gen forum members

You pay shipping and I'll send you one or 2,

 

 

Make sure to check the dates on the posts you are replying to...there's a ton of info on this site, going way back. It's an easy mistake.