cooliomo

im replacing my water pump and the oil lines r in the way it's an 86 rx7

kungfuroy

iTrader: (6)

Undo them at the OMP and carefully pull them behind the water pump.

Turbo II-FB

with tools

cooliomo

omg do i remove the bolts or is there a clip i need to remove?

jono20

its a banjo bolt. 10mm I belive. take off the two that are blocking the way

cooliomo

ok why do they call it a banjo bolt and when i do take it off will oil come out?

kungfuroy

iTrader: (6)

dont take off the whole OMP, just the oil lines! there will be a bolt for each oil line. Once you get them off you will understand why its called a banjo bolt and how it works. Make sure to keep the copper washers and copper plate. There will be 4 washers and 1 plate, remember their placement, if you dont put them back, you will leak oil

cooliomo

would it be easier to remove the pump mounting bolts or the banjo bolts?

kungfuroy

iTrader: (6)

banjo bolts, because you will be hanging those oil lines behind the lower water pump neck. you dont need the weight of the omp stressing them. In all honesty though, I think you will eventually break a few, they are old and brittle

RETed

I wouldn't recommend that.
Once you loosen then, you basically taking the chance the copper sealing washers won't reseal again.
This will cause a big mess from all the oil that will leak.

I would remove the entire OMP.
If you're worried about the weight of the OMP, tie the damn thing up!


-Ted