This is what I had in the car. I didnt open the relief valve yet, but it seems to be working just fine. The old cooler hoses look terrible (and they were leaking at the point when I removed them).
The picture is missing one of the copper seals and one rubber seal. I also reused two of the hose clamps so I could plug the old return line to the oil pan.
I double-checked the new system for leaks and found two! The braided line to pressure sensor had a really small leak, barely noticeable. The temp sensor also had a small leak, but I applied some thread lock/sealant and left everything to settle.
I was little worried about my remote filter head. I wasnt sure, if it was properly supported, which lead me to draw some plans to make support brackets. While under the car, I yanked the filter head and it was really rigid. I still intend to make at least one bracket for it.
Also, made some hose and wire rerouting and ziptied things so there would be less movement and less abrasion between parts. I tried to wrap the oil filter hoses into 3M aluminium tape, but couldnt reach them because of the A/C hoses. While thinking how to get the aluminium tape around the hoses, I tried the heat resistance of the hose with my heat gun. Found out that the outer nylon braid could take 200C heat for quite a long time, so I imagine that the aluminium tape should be enough to protect the hoses from the heat coming from exhaust.
Im using 3M 425 aluminium heat reflective tape. I’d love to use gold-based heat reflective tape, but if I remember correctly, the price was astronomical.
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