Gen 2 Oil Cooler Project

[rgorke]

As I wait to receive my new oil cooler from Tasca (has anyone else noticed that they take forever to ship?), I plan on replacing the oil adapter gasket...the one that looks like an "8".

I looked into just replacing the oil cooler gasket but it appears, through searching here and on line, that the gasket is hard to find and when I did find it, it was $25-30, about 1/2 the price of a whole new oil cooler. So, I figured it was worth it to replace the whole kit and kaboodle.

I am currently getting a regular set of drips in my driveway and when I stop the car. I had oil on the bolts for the oil pan and thought it was the oil pan gasket. But replacing that didn't help.

Any issues or tricks or experience with replacing these? I understand that I'll need to rebleed, etc. the cooling system.

 

[joegr]

The gasket might come with the oil cooler. It does if you order the Jaguar part from Jaguar.
Both of my LSes now have the drip you speak of. First the 04, and now the 06 too. (04 - 240K, 06 - 205K).

I replaced the oil pan gasket on the 04 - Not that.
I replaced the oil filter adapter gaskets on both - Not that.
I replaced the damper seals on both - Not that.

I can't see how it could be anything but the front timing cover gasket. So far the aggravation of the drips hasn't been enough to override the aggravation of changing out the timing cover gasket. I just put some cardboard down in the garage and change that out every now and then.

 

[rgorke]

The gasket might come with the oil cooler. It does if you order the Jaguar part from Jaguar.
Both of my LSes now have the drip you speak of. First the 04, and now the 06 too. (04 - 240K, 06 - 205K).

I replaced the oil pan gasket on the 04 - Not that.
I replaced the oil filter adapter gaskets on both - Not that.
I replaced the damper seals on both - Not that.

I can't see how it could be anything but the front timing cover gasket. So far the aggravation of the drips hasn't been enough to override the aggravation of changing out the timing cover gasket. I just put some cardboard down in the garage and change that out every now and then.

Thanks, that's why I got the whole cooler, because it does have the gasket.

Are you thinking about the front seal behind the harmonic balancer? Or is that what you are referring to? Or do you mean the "engine cover gaskets". like the picture?

 

[joegr]

Items 2 & 3.
I replaced the "front seal behind the harmonic balancer" and it wasn't that.

 

[rgorke]

Items 2 & 3.
I replaced the "front seal behind the harmonic balancer" and it wasn't that.

That's what I was afraid you were going to say!

 

[joegr]

That's what I was afraid you were going to say!

Maybe I'm wrong, or maybe your leak will be different...

 

[rgorke]

Successfully replaced oil adapter gasket and oil cooler. Based on this picture, I am confident I found the source of the leak...the oil cooler gasket was coming apart...no drips so far!