Been off list, so I'm coming in late and maybe this has already been
stated...  You can do this without disconnecting the coolant hoses at
all.  that's what I did, and would recommend that unless you are going to
replace the coolant hoses.  Big nut holds the central threaded tube into
the engine.  Loosen nut, then unscrew threaded pipe from engine.  Slip
O-ring in and reverse the process to reinstall.  I used the top of an oil
filter which I cut off said oil filter, as a jam nut, along with the actual
big nut, to loosen the threaded pipe from the engine.

Edward

At 12:17 PM 2/24/2007, you wrote:
>i do the second unless your lines have never been replaced, if thats the
>case its a good time to do a cooling sysytem flush
>good luck
>jason
>87 syncro westy
>so many roads to ease my soul...
>
>
>>From: "Peter T. Owsianowski" <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
>>Reply-To: "Peter T. Owsianowski" <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
>>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>Subject: Oil Cooler O Ring Procedure
>>Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:04:45 -0500
>>
>>Searched the archives, got 10 pages, been to Ben's Place got that.  got the
>>Bentley pages marked off.
>>
>>Seems to be two schools of thought:
>>
>>1.  Drain coolent and change lines if you are removing the oil cooler to
>>repair the O ring.
>>
>>2.  Just pinch off lines, remove oil filter shaft and oil cooler to replace
>>O ring, then put everything back.
>>
>>Any opinions?
>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>Pete
>>'79 Westy "Aardvark"
>>'87 Westy "Joe's Van"
>>'02 Audi A6 Avant
>>WWW. Busesbythebeach.com
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