wallin

I have leaking oil cooler lines my mechanic said tat it could turn out to a serious problem if i don't take care of it. I found the lines on mazdatrix fo 185 dollars i was wondering if they are a hard job to install. And if there is a manual that coversthe removal and installation

FC3AZ

they shouldnt be hard to install at all. if you are in AZ and need help, let me know when you might be doing the replacement, and I will see if I can help out.

wallin

Thanxs man i am here until like the end of may and will be doing the job before i leave for milwaukee. if i get a more exact date on when i will be doig the job i will let u know

Aaron Cake

iTrader: (1)

If you need used lines, I have a set available for $20. They don't leak. Changing them is pretty straightforward, just make sure to order new washers from Mazda, and you will need a 23 MM socket for the banjo bolts.

wallin

thanxs aaron but i am going to go with the mazda trix just because they are steel braided i might know somebody that would want urs though i will get back to u on those

Icemark

Corksport has the SS oil cooler lines for under $130 a pair. They are the extact same as the Mazdatrix standard SS ones.

They come with the copper compression washers.

A leak is bad and if it leaks major or the line breaks entirly you may loose the motor if you are not paying attention.

The hardest part in changing them is having a 1 1/16th wrench and a 23 MM wrench and socket. It is a very easy job to do if you have those tools.

Samps

When you change them, Remove the lines from the motor and then disconnect the oil cooler from the car. This way you can pull out the cooler with the lines still attached. Then put the cooler in a vise and remove the lines from it. Next clean out the cooler as good as you can without harming it. Now do the reverse, Attach the lines to the cooler before you try and put it back in. Then hook them up to the motor. I say get stailess steel lines from corksport. I got mine from mazdatrix for $40 more because Icemark never told me about the corksport savings. Not only are they stronger and last longer; they also look good.

Icemark

Oh sure blame me for your not shopping around

I wouldn't know myself if I hadn't had a leak in my upper line to the oil cooler.

Samps

Yeah I know!

mazemaster

My thoughts on the oil cooler lines is that it is an overkill with the fabrication of stainless steel lines or aircraft type fittings for a low pressure system. If you have ever dismantled a stock oil cooler hose you will notice how thin walled and flexible this line actually is. These rotary stores are making a killing selling lines at outrageous prices on the belief that if you don't purchase a high pressure fabricated hose, your hose will burst which will destroy your engine instantly.

I don't see why people just don't cut the crimps off the banjo fittings and replace the leaky stock hose itself and clamp them in place. I have done it to all the RX7's I've owned (3) that have leaked on the flex oil cooler lines and never had a problem. 2 hoses 14" long with 4 wide band clamps for $19 versus purchasing a replacement set for $130-$180. This is money better
spent somewhere else.

I use this same procedure on low pressure side air conditioning hoses with the same results. For example, just recently Aeroquip wanted to charge me $65 to repair a 18" low pressure hose with swedged on fitting versus me purchasing the same hose with wide band clamps for $8. You do the math.

Anyway just my 2 cents on the subject.

Samps

You can get a set from corksport for $80 I believe. I think it is worth it to spend a lil extra cash to get nice looking equipment, with added strength.

Aaron Cake

iTrader: (1)

60-80 PSI is NOT low pressure.

These lines are the life of your engine. Don't skimp when replacing them (I had a local hydraulic shop custom make me some stainless braided ones...turned out well).

Icemark

When I replaced mine the upper line was leaking at the fitting, so cutting off the stock crimp and replacing with just another line would not have solved the problem. At some point it the fitting was bent and damaged when the previous owners tried to tighten down the line.

And the $100 for a new set of lines seems pretty cheap comparied to a dealer charge of $80+ for just one line, or the piece of mind that the line will not come loose and throw away all my oil and motor.

wallin

Thanxs all i will look into the corksport site and prices

SomeDude

Woahh!!!! Dude, this post was pretty helpful. But I cannot believe the prices I hear from people on those hoses from the dealer! 80 bucks! Thats insanely cheap compared to the places I called on!

I actaully called 2 different dealers, and each one was saying something like around $170 for a single line, and that was the cheaper one! (cant remember if it was inlet or outlet- but it was the upper hose) I think the price for the Corksport is great, and I will probably go with them.


....hmm, I wonder why I got such different quotes from the dealer on those hoses than everyone else did. Damn! Am I glad I researched! The set of both for less than the price of a single hose from the dealer! Man, gotta love aftermarket

lol, could you tell from my over-use of bold that I'm stoked? ...today is a happy day indeed!

So, how long did it take others to receive their hoses?

drifter wannabe

i called alamo rotary for one, the front line on my s4, he told he had one and he would sell it for a hundred bucks. i am a lil' bit smarter than that. i guess he is used to getting people who don't know **** about cars or somthing.

Mr. Gadget

I see two choices - I have done both and prefer neither.

1. Make your own SS lines. Pegasus Racing has fair pricing on the components.

2. Buy the Corksport lines

Icemark

You have to remember that those prices were more than a year and a half ago, when this thread was started.

SomeDude

Mr. Gadget: What was bad about your experience with Corksport? Was it the product itself, shipping, or what? ...I have heard people say both good and bad things about Corksport (maybe approx. 50/50 opinion), so I decided to take a gamble and order it from them, since I need the part really bad and I am broke since I am between jobs.

Yeah, I figured tis post was old... but I didn't think inflation was that crazy.

Mr. Gadget

No bad experience, I can go either route, both types I mentioned worked perfctly, cost nearly the same and did not differentiate in any way other than looks. My point is if you want bling and can do your self go SS. If you just want to replace your lines and have piece of mind or are not comfortable making up lines, go Corksport.