my oil cooler hose is leaking and I cant get that damn hose off the oil cooler cuz the bolt is so tight on it...
any one got any good ideas to take the bolt off easily?

 

DO YOU HAVE PENITRATING OIL?
HOW ABOUT A LITTLE HAMMER?
put some oil on then tap very lightly with hammer, the head of the bolt and the line fitting, gently not hard. just tap and then spray some more oil. wait a few then tap some more. let soak and tap some more. then it should come off.
works for me everytime on all hard to remove nuts and bolts. and yes i just did this same thing to my oil cooler.
good luck
robert

 

Use an impact wrench after spraying the banjo bolt with penetrating oil. An impact wrench is the only way to go. If you try to wrench it off by hand, there's a good chance that you'll crack the aluminum oil cooler housing. Also, it is very important that you do not overtighnten the banjo bolt when reassembling.

Hot_Dog
90 RX7 GXL
02 RSX-S

 

what penetrating oil should i use?? wd40?

 

Use an impact and you'll save your knuckles .
If you don't have a air compressor, they sell electric impact food for about 240lbs.

 

are impact wrenches expensive? oh well guess i'll get one later... damn i went to the mazda dealership and its gonna cost me $374 for my inlet and outletoil cooler hoses for my turbo II does anyone know where i can get it cheaper?

 

Liquid Wrench is the king of penetrants

 

wheres the cheapest place i can get a impact wrench at? and i do need a air compressor then?

 

Corksport.com has stainless braided line set for like $130 usd. I've ordered mine, but they haven't arrived yet.

 

thanks for the tip

 

does the corksport set include the inlet and outlet hose for the oil cooler? cuz theirs two totall so does it offer both?

 

Electric impacts are cheap and so are the air impacts. Usually about $60 for cheaper ones but it does the job for most automotive purposes.

 

i'll check out electric impacts for now... but does anyone know if the corksport steel braided lines come with both the inlet and outlet oil cooler hose? two in all?

 

Yeah, click here to check it out. http://www.corksport.com/main.php3?p...3Fcat%3D214909

 

damn 70 dollars cheaper than the racing beat.. but do i need new gaskets if im changing the hoses though?

 

There's a set of copper crush washers that need to be replaced when replacing the oil cooler lines. Should come with the set, mine did when I bought new SS lines from Mazdatrix. Total of seven washers.