Thread: Tips for Getting the oil cooler coolant hose off (the one near the turbo)

I unbolted the metal pipe behind the engine to allow enough movement to get the short hose off.

Hard to see from the last photo, but possibly the oil pressure switch wire. This also goes around the back of the engine.

I couldn't replace mine without undoing the big bolt around the corner on the steel pipe. If you could reach I suppose you could do the one on the other side but I used a bit of brute force and got the hose on by bending the steel pipe a smidgeon.
Why LR ever did this is a mystery to me. I bet they are easy to fit when you have the engine on a stand and are dressing it for the production line.

Now to be a fly on the wall when you put the rear bolt back on the heat shield bracket . LOL. I changed mine by drilling out the rivets and fitting rivnuts in the bracket , so I can leave the bolt in the turbo.
Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by PhilipA

I couldn't replace mine without undoing the big bolt around the corner on the steel pipe. If you could reach I suppose you could do the one on the other side but I used a bit of brute force and got the hose on by bending the steel pipe a smidgeon.
Why LR ever did this is a mystery to me. I bet they are easy to fit when you have the engine on a stand and are dressing it for the production line.

Now to be a fly on the wall when you put the rear bolt back on the heat shield bracket . LOL. I changed mine by drilling out the rivets and fitting rivnuts in the bracket , so I can leave the bolt in the turbo.
Regards Philip A

Re the brute force method I was worried about cracking the pipe and losing coolant somewhere completely inaccessible! I might give it a try. I couldn't even find the bolt on the opposite side, let alone get a spanner on it! Brilliant LR design!

Re the turbo shroud a previous person fabricated a bracket that faces outwards allowing attaching the shroud via pop-rivets or similar.







Seems to be an easy way to remove/install relative to the rivets on the same side as the bolt access hole.

Mark

A 10 mm nut, through a bracket, holding the pipe to the back of the engine. off. A pinch bar, easing the pipe to the rear. Cut the old hose off, work the new hose on. Too easy. Bob