Okay, so the o-ring that seals the OEM oil cooler to the flange kissed the wind last weekend. The result is that the car proceeded to rapidly change it's own oil.
I got a new o-ring. Drained the gallon of oil I dumped in to see where the leak was coming from, dropped the filter and got the retaining nut off the flange/shaft. Next step drop the cooler and pop the new o-ring on. Not so easy. I think the oil cooler is binding on the threaded filter shaft. Thought that maybe the the top coolant line was causing the cooler to bind. That didn't make a difference. I might be getting it half way of, but then it's locked up hard enough to move the engine when I lean into it. I've tried wiggling, twisting, etc. No luck. It was then that a friend of mine pointed out that repeating the same thing over and over again is an indicator of insanity. Diagram in the Bentley is for an 8v and it says "16-valve is similar." Is there a critical difference that is preventing me from getting this thing off? Someone have an Ekta they could look at? Thanks in advance. David
