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Rotated oil filter housing
Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2021 12:49 pm
by reggid
Anyone rotated the oil filter housing so the filter points down? Do the Oil cooler hoses clear the A/C ? I assume they need to be removed and refitted to reroute them a bit.
Anyone got photos of end result?
Re: Rotated oil filter housing
Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2021 2:54 pm
by flybynite
reggid wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 12:49 pm
Anyone rotated the oil filter housing so the filter points down? Do the Oil cooler hoses clear the A/C ? I assume they need to be removed and refitted to reroute them a bit.
Anyone got photos of end result?
I'm sure there was a thread about this a while back, about fitting temp gauges and deleting the oil cooler, had a look but can't find it at the mo.
Re: Rotated oil filter housing
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2021 2:08 am
by biffer
paultv had a thread going on this about a year ago.
Re: Rotated oil filter housing
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2021 11:34 am
by fixedwheelnut
reggid wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 12:49 pm
Anyone rotated the oil filter housing so the filter points down? Do the Oil cooler hoses clear the A/C ? I assume they need to be removed and refitted to reroute them a bit.
Anyone got photos of end result?
No photos but my old friend Adrian did this when he turbocharged his 1983 323i back in the eighties, I can't for the life of me whether he deleted the oil cooler or re-routed them though.
Re: Rotated oil filter housing
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2021 12:04 pm
by flybynite
fixedwheelnut wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 11:34 am
No photos but my old friend Adrian did this when he turbocharged his 1983 323i back in the eighties, I can't for the life of me whether he deleted the oil cooler or re-routed them though.
323i didn't have an oil cooler as standard. They came in with the 325i
Re: Rotated oil filter housing
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2021 12:17 pm
by fixedwheelnut
flybynite wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 12:04 pm
fixedwheelnut wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 11:34 am
No photos but my old friend Adrian did this when he turbocharged his 1983 323i back in the eighties, I can't for the life of me whether he deleted the oil cooler or re-routed them though.
323i didn't have an oil cooler as standard. They came in with the 325i
I blame thirty eight years and memory loss
Re: Rotated oil filter housing
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:48 pm
by flybynite
fixedwheelnut wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 12:17 pm
I blame thirty eight years and memory loss
LOL
I'm like a goldfish going round a bowl each time I get to see my 323i , lots of bits on it I don't remember it having
Re: Rotated oil filter housing
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2022 4:12 pm
by paultv
Old thread but I'll add to it anyway:
There's no AC on my car - but I did rotate the filter -immediate oil light off on start up, so no drainage anymore which was my reason for attempting this -
I reversed the hoses into the cooler as this creates a bit more slack - otherwise a bit too tight I thought.
Been like this for maybe 18 months now - all good.
Paul
