Don Gibbons wrote: >Like all good EV owners I spent last friday nite under it changing the oil >and filter. I saw something that I had seen before on Vanagons: > >There is an oil cooler on EV's just like the ones on Vanagons. It is held >onto its mounting by a large, flat nut. When changing the filter on vanagons >it's easy to see/feel if this nut is tight. If its not it will loosen and in >time prevent the filter/cooler from seating. Then it will be a mysterious >oil leak. Until this nut is tightened no amount of torque on the filter will >seal it or the oil cooler seal. > >On the EV's next filter change check this nut! Its hard to see but is very >important. Don, can you explain a bit more the oil cooler? As you know, the EV filter is not in the most accessible location and I have to change it by feel alone. Is the flat nut only exposed once the oil filter has been removed? The oil filter on my Quantum's I-5 mounts directly to the block and is the easist filter change I've ever done. The EV is definitely the hardest to access. Thanks, rob 93 EV GL |
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