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inserted into the cooler is a plastic insert, mine is slightly broken around the top hole, as you can see from the picture, is this likely to cause a issue?

Never seen anything like that on a wbx... so havent a clue...

Hi Lloydy,

I don't have that plastic insert on mine and it is not leaking - I think the o-ring is the most important thing, but I may be wrong

Ewen

if your questioning it then you have answered the question i my opinion.

neil

I wouldn't worry about the missing bit.

FYI, When you replace the heat-exchanger, the manual says to seal it to the flange with a bead of sealant just outside the rubber o-ring.

ewenmaclean wrote:Hi Lloydy,

I don't have that plastic insert on mine and it is not leaking - I think the o-ring is the most important thing, but I may be wrong

Ewen

I thought the main reason for the insert was to make the oil go a certain route?


Thaks for the tip Andy, on a similar subject i'm hoping the gasket between block and cooler bracket will hold up, as it's pretty fused to the block

I've a spare which I can send with the bits tomorrow, just carefully remove all traces of the old one, making sure no particles get into the oil galleries.

Cheers Andy
That's going to be a bugger of a job to remove i tell ya! I'll get at it tomorrow after finishing off the ducting

The gasket is metal is it not? just peel it off?

Yup, hopefully it should just ping off, but who knows what might be in there..

oil filter box maybe?

I had a look at that gasket the other day, it almost looks like part of the block, hopefully if I can get a blade under it it'll ping off as you say