JekRankin
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| posted on 31/3/20 at 04:50 PM |
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5pw R1 oil pressure take off - alternatives to tapping the oil cooler bolt
As per the title, really, is there a good method for taking oil pressure from an 03 R1 engine that doesn't involve tapping the oil pressure
bolt?
Using the tapped bolt, the fitting runs pretty close to the chassis rail, and there's not much wall thickness to get a decent thread engagement.
A couple of options I'm considering:
- Oil filter sandwich plate, although this would need to be pretty low profile, otherwise I won't be able to remove the filter without fouling
the chassis.
- A custom oil cooler bolt. Wouldn't be too difficult to get one machined with an outlet port positioned in a nice orientation. This would be
expensive, however.
Any other solutions?
Jek
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adithorp
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| posted on 31/3/20 at 06:08 PM |
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I think those are your only options on the 5pw. There's no easily accessible oil gallery like on the later motors.
Would you have more space for a capillary tube in the cooler bolt, going to a remote sensor? The sensors can be killed by vibration so that would cure
that as well.
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
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JekRankin
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| posted on 31/3/20 at 06:33 PM |
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It's actually the fitting for the capillary tube that runs close to the chassis. Even with a 90deg elbow on it, it comes a bit close to the
chassis rail for comfort.
I actually quite like the CNC oil cooler bolt idea. I'll maybe draw one up and get some quotes.
Jek
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CosKev3
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| posted on 1/4/20 at 05:46 PM |
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How much space do you have?
I ditched the modine,fitted a sandwich plate and ran a air/oil cooler on my 5JJ.
Welded a fitting to the end of the sandwhich plate cap for my turbo oil feed.
 
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[Edited on 1/4/20 by CosKev3]
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hobbsy
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| posted on 1/4/20 at 09:54 PM |
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As you know Adi I had the same problem and was always worried about the fitting leaking / shearing / coming undone as there's not enough meat in
it plus it's proximity to the chassis (in Jim's car he had bags of room)
I considered a remote oil filter setup to achieve similar to CosKev so that's another option for Jek if he doesn't want to bin the
oil/water exchanger etc. So oil filter would've remote and get a pressure feed along the way.
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