rutterg
06-07-2004, 03:34 AM
Hello,
Does anyone know what the function is of the oilfilterbase connected to the cooling system with two small hoses? The part is not described in the shop manual. No picture i'am afraid.
Last saturday I spotted a leak in the cooling system of my 1986 Aerodeck Exi manual. All I could see that with the engine running warm it was spraying from a small hose near the oil filter on the back of the engine. In fact it was a hose that is on one side connected to the pipe that runs from the waterpump and on the other end is connected to the oilflterbase. There was another pipe on the oilfilterbase going back to the engine block. Both pipes were fossilised, complelely worn out and cracked when I poked on them with a screw driver. It took half a day to replace them because they were almost impossible to reach. The part did not exist on my other 1986 Aerodeck but that is an automatic.
If it has no function I consider replacing the oilfilter base and never worry about it again.
Does anyone know what the function is of the oilfilterbase connected to the cooling system with two small hoses? The part is not described in the shop manual. No picture i'am afraid.
Last saturday I spotted a leak in the cooling system of my 1986 Aerodeck Exi manual. All I could see that with the engine running warm it was spraying from a small hose near the oil filter on the back of the engine. In fact it was a hose that is on one side connected to the pipe that runs from the waterpump and on the other end is connected to the oilflterbase. There was another pipe on the oilfilterbase going back to the engine block. Both pipes were fossilised, complelely worn out and cracked when I poked on them with a screw driver. It took half a day to replace them because they were almost impossible to reach. The part did not exist on my other 1986 Aerodeck but that is an automatic.
If it has no function I consider replacing the oilfilter base and never worry about it again.