Hi,

I went a bought a Vauxhall oil cooler off ebay for my XE and it came with bango type fittings but without the bolts. So I bought a pair from a main dealer and a set of washers (not exactly cheap). However, they do not fit in the sandwich plate as they are too small. They are the correct bolts for the bangos though (I say bolts as I don't know the correct word for them as they are bolt shape but with holes drilled to allow the oil to through through). So I have a decent oil cooler that I can't fit and don't know the cheapest way to solve the problem, any ideas?
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If u try to locate a hydraulic pipe and fittings company, they usually keep all these types of fittings in stock.
Thats what i did.
i,m sure the thread size is 1/2 BSP.
And they usually a lot easier on pocket than vauxhall dealers.
skipp

Didn't the SRI models have a cooler as standard ? Might be worth looking in your local breakers if all else fails

I thought they were 3/8ths fittings

And the end that goes into the Sandwich plate was like and elbow with a fitting that slides along the elbow and bolts into the plate, a bit like a brake fitting.

Thats what its like on my XE, definately not a Banjo type with a hole drilled through the side of a bolt.

Mine has banjo bolts, i'm not at home at the mo so I can't tell you what size they are though sorry

bsp def rings a bell, i used think auto for the ends and fittings on mine (remote filter, no cooler)

1/2 in. bsp is common size.

measure and contact ThinkAuto.com - you can get right angle fittings that may do your job plus the hose too.

They are M14 fittings

I should add I bought the takeoff plate from think auto, twas not an oem one so Nsdev will be on the ball I suspect

yep, most aftermarket stuff will be BSP/JIC, but OEM is usually metric if european origin.

Std takeoff plate is M14, use std M14 banjo bolts from your local hydralics supplier, with a pair of suitable banjos (the vauxhall ones will be fine of you have the oe pipes)

ahhhh, just re-read your post...................

strange, as I thought all the VX ones had the same threads, but then I usually remove the sandwich plate and run without a cooler as its not really needed unless you plan lots of track action.

There are two different std VX sandwich plates though, and to be honest I have never checked to see if the bolts are the same.

I have a few laying about so i will take a look for you tonight, and if I have some smaller ones will post them to you foc if you u2u me an address.

Hi NS Dev,

If you do have one floating about then I would be very grateful for your assistance. Are you going to Stoneleigh as that would be a great place to collect it?

Regards
Steve

not sure yet, will let you know, otherwise it'll go in the post, will look tonight to see if I have a pair

I am still in need of a solution for this problem and I want to try to start the engine. Can I remove the take-off plate and fit the oil filter directly to the engine? If so how do I remove the take-off plate?

Cheers

there is a bolt/nut you can undo to remove the take off plate, you then need a shorter threaded doo dah to refit in it's place to wind the filter onto iirc.

The oil coolers wer fitted to lods of differnt engins my 1.7LTD had one so differnt bolt sizes could result from this.

As said all you need to run with just the filter is a shorter M14 (i think) nipple. They bolt in with an allen key up the middle. You could get one from a scrappy.