sandwich plate bolt thingy?

[tony k]

i finally got my oil cooler kit so i thought i would go down the garage today and fit it all up and as i took my old one off i realized the bolt is different to my new one and was wondering do you have to buy an adapter to make it fit to the block

oil cooler kit
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb221/tonysturbonova/22062008053.jpg
this is the old bolt
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb221/tonysturbonova/22062008055.jpg
and this is the new one
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb221/tonysturbonova/22062008054.jpgis there something that screws into the top of this one

[mowgli]

I could be very wrong, but the bolt looks like it is in the wrong way round, & the hexagon should actually be on the outside of the sandwich plate..

BUT surely there is one in the kit????? maybe you should ring them tomorrow morning..

[tony k]

my mate just said i need a thread adapter the alen key type ones but not too sure

[ELLIS GSI]

i thought that was just to extend the shaft thread. will it just screw on?

[tony k]

nah its too short plus if it did screw on how would the filter fit?

[ELLIS GSI]

iv fit 1 onto a honda engine before and a part screwed onto the existing threads then the oil filter screwed onto that. but that might be a different type. sorry that i was no help bud.

[tony k]

thats ok mate there must be something that screws into the block and then this new bolt screws onto that to hold the sandwich plate on

[Lee]

Its difficult to see from the pictures, but do you not remove the current bar from the pump assembly, then screw on the new adaptor, and then you use your original one to hold the sandwich plate onto it?

[tony k]

i thought it was a direct fit but other than that i dont know

[Lee]

That would be a direct fit. The adaptor insert looks like it just gives the extra clearence for the plate?

[tony k]

i thought that it just all bolted together then done im going down there tomorrow to have another go i wouldnt of thought i would have to take the pump apart to do that tho i hope not

[tony k]

has anyone got any pics of the fitting kits at all

[Ste L]

basically - you need the oil filter screw for a non oil cooler model..

you screw that in the oil pump, then fit oil cooler, and the bit you got with new oil cooler should screw on the vaux one, then filter will screw on the threaded end of the new one...



part number for screw from vaux : GM 90144360

[tony k]

cheers Ste L your a legend so i was on the right track then how di you get the part number

[Ste L]

i have my sorces for part numbers :p lol

[tony k]

i was thinking aswell how about if i chopped the old bolt down to the wright size then screw it into my new one with some locktite do you reckon that would work im still gonna get thta other bit from vauxhall tho

[Ste L]

wouldn't work, as the other one's fully threaded top to bottom..

and it need to be thread, so if you cut the one you got down there will be no threadede section for the new part to screw onto

[tony k]

i phoned vauxhall today and the man there hasn`t got a clue he was completely brain dead i even give him the item number aswell and still nothing he most probably couldnt be bothered to get of his a**e to do anything so im going over to another one hopefully tomorrow i get time
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb221/tonysturbonova/23062008066-1.jpg
is this that screw your on about i nicked the pic off migweb not the highlighted one

http://www.astra-mk2.com/0ddball/pressure_senders/sender02.jpg
see with that bit i need is it hollow like my new one
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb221/tonysturbonova/23062008065.jpg

[Ste L]

yes, that's the one...


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/scoobler/corsa%20track/DSC01008.jpg

[BEN187NOVA]

i tapped my one , but then took the whole cooler off as its was a pian and always leaked do you need an oil cooler miones a 340bhp let i dont have one

[tony k]

yes, that's the one...


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/scoobler/corsa%20track/DSC01008.jpg

chers ste L im going down to vauxhall tomorrow or crown what ever there called the man there said he can get one just gotta go down there and pay for it thanks for the piccy mate

[tony k]

i tapped my one , but then took the whole cooler off as its was a pian and always leaked do you need an oil cooler miones a 340bhp let i dont have one


ive been told that its a must just going buy the people that built my engine and even my mates have said to run one aswell just going by what there saying really

[MARTIN KELSON]

Just dug out my receipts to confirm that part number as i bought one few years back.

Agree you will need a 90144360 and it was £3.52 +vat when i bought mine.

Martin

[tony k]

finally got down to vauxhall today an orderd and gotta pic it up from there tomorrow so i was speaking to the guy there and he said that the other branch i went to (which said they cant get one)are lazy f****** and they cant be botherd to do anything nice way to help people ay

but thatnks again ste L

[Ste L]

got no other vauxhall dealer's near by that you could try?

[tony k]

thats the closets one to me its about 10 mins away they phoned me today and said my part has been deliverd that was at 10 ish but didnt have time to go down there today going up the tomorrow on me old dinner break thanks again matey

[tony k]

went a picked that bolt up today ste L going down my garage tomorrow to fit the f***** on another job out the way