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coolant by pass valve

Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 7:17 pm
by bimanut
Unfortunatly because i`ve got abs i`m having to use a cone filter.
So i`m stuck with the coolant valve.
What i want to know is what have other people done with theirs.
Apart from making a lar di dar tube the only answer i can think of is to cut the cone and bang the valve in the back of it.

Re: coolant by pass valve

Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 7:53 pm
by blue30
I bypassed the throttle body and just left the bit that goes in the airbox tied up.

Did you get your prop sorted?

Re: coolant by pass valve

Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 8:31 pm
by DanThe
Get rid, not needed

Re: coolant by pass valve

Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:03 pm
by bimanut
DanThe wrote:Get rid, not needed
How?
Blank `em off like the other one off the throttle body?

blue30..

Not got my prop yet should get it mid next week.I just hope it fits.

Re: coolant by pass valve

Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:37 pm
by DanThe
I plug the head outlet and use a bolt, PTFE tape and jubilee clip to blank the hose

Re: coolant by pass valve

Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 10:09 am
by blue30
bimanut wrote:
DanThe wrote:Get rid, not needed
How?
Blank `em off like the other one off the throttle body?

blue30..

Not got my prop yet should get it mid next week.I just hope it fits.
I've got my original 320i prop on an m40 box at the mo, needed slightly lengthening at the splines from where it was for the 320i box but that was it.

Re: coolant by pass valve

Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:06 am
by bimanut
When i put the 325 one on, the bearing bracket was a good two inches away from it`s locating holes.
My old haynes manual (815) says that the 320 used a less powerfull gearbox than the 325.So maybe a slightly shorter box with a little longer prop?
It`l all come out in the wash :)

Re: coolant by pass valve

Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:12 am
by Rav335uk
325's and 320 props are different in length, that's your problem. :cool: