Oil Cooler Lines
02-20-06, 11:24 PM
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I just did this last week in fact. Yup that looks about right. It was a pretty tight squeeze and I had to finesse and muscle (lightly) it in a bit.
- The one thing I found that helped was to make sure both fender liners were loose and free (just in the front area).
- Also the AC lines can really get in the way. Disconnect the AC dryer line brackets stays and move the AC lines just a little bit out of the way to get more clearance. I found this to be key in order to get enough play room to fit the lines through the driver's side. This bracket is in the very same area where the stock oil cooler line bracket stay is located (just right in front of it).
- Start by snaking the oil cooler lines all the way towards the right until you have clearance to start to snaking the oil cooler lines through passenger side area. This is where loosening the fender liners help so you can have the oil cooler lines jut out towards the driver's side while feeding the passenger side oil cooler lines.
Once you get the driver's side situated you'll get a good idea of the orientation of how everything will button up.
Oh yeah, and make sure your oil cooler connections are all made and clipped before tightening down everything. I found that once you tighten down everything it's very hard to move things around. Go figure...
- The one thing I found that helped was to make sure both fender liners were loose and free (just in the front area).
- Also the AC lines can really get in the way. Disconnect the AC dryer line brackets stays and move the AC lines just a little bit out of the way to get more clearance. I found this to be key in order to get enough play room to fit the lines through the driver's side. This bracket is in the very same area where the stock oil cooler line bracket stay is located (just right in front of it).
- Start by snaking the oil cooler lines all the way towards the right until you have clearance to start to snaking the oil cooler lines through passenger side area. This is where loosening the fender liners help so you can have the oil cooler lines jut out towards the driver's side while feeding the passenger side oil cooler lines.
Once you get the driver's side situated you'll get a good idea of the orientation of how everything will button up.
Oh yeah, and make sure your oil cooler connections are all made and clipped before tightening down everything. I found that once you tighten down everything it's very hard to move things around. Go figure...
Last edited by Red Suns; 02-20-06 at 11:32 PM.
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