Britpart oil cooler question...!

Hi.
I've just taken delivery of a replacement oil cooler radiator for the transmission oil in my 2000 P38 4.6 V8. I had to remove the old one to change the camshaft, and one of the oil hose connecting nuts sheared the thread flat when I was unscrewing it from the rad - hence the new one .

Anyway, the new one is here (Britpart), but I've noticed that on the old one there is a wire / connector / sensor mounted on the side of the rad (passenger side - uk), but the new rad doesn't have any kind of mounting point / hole / thread / anything!!

Have I got the wrong part?
What does the wire do?
Any suggestions?

I got the part from Paddocks, part no ESR2276.

I know I know, Britpart are crap.... but I figured I couldn't go far wrong with a radiator....???

While I'm on, does anyone know the right part no for the o-rings where the oil hoses screw onto the oil pump etc??

Please help!! Cheers.

O rings - ESR1594L

alexdon said:

O rings - ESR1594L

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Cheers Alex. That's one problem sorted....

No fluid cooler sensor on cooler on vehicles upto 99. 99 0n it's bolted to cooler. It appears you have a pre 1999 oil cooler. According to RAVE.

wammers said:

No fluid cooler sensor on cooler on vehicles upto 99. 99 0n it's bolted to cooler. It appears you have a pre 1999 oil cooler. According to RAVE.

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Ahh. I guess that clears that one up. I don't suppose you know if the part nos are the same or different??

Everything I've looked at gives just the one part number... I don't want to re-order and get another wrong-un!

Cheers.

I've just come off the phone with LR Direct. It looks like I've got the correct part no, but Britpart are making the part to the same spec as the early cars (and an earlier part no) without realising that the part has been updated. I assume that means that if you've got an early car and get the part from LR Direct like I'm about to, you have some unused screw holes on the side, or you get the Britpart part and don't care!

LR Direct have confirmed theirs has the sensor mounting point. Cost me an extra £50 though!

Turtled said:

I've just come off the phone with LR Direct. It looks like I've got the correct part no, but Britpart are making the part to the same spec as the early cars (and an earlier part no) without realising that the part has been updated. I assume that means that if you've got an early car and get the part from LR Direct like I'm about to, you have some unused screw holes on the side, or you get the Britpart part and don't care!

LR Direct have confirmed theirs has the sensor mounting point. Cost me an extra £50 though!

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You could have saved £50.00 by carefully drilling and tapping two holes in the mounting bracket to take the sensor.

turtled- its probably better quality from LR direct, is your one oem?

wammers said:

You could have saved £50.00 by carefully drilling and tapping two holes in the mounting bracket to take the sensor.

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I take your point, but I don't think you'd be saying that if your could see the thickness (thinness more like) of the bit of metal I'd have to drill into. The sensor mounts actually on the side of the rad... a couple of mm too far with the drill and I wouldn't be able to send the part back! Then I'd be ****ed off! :doh: An extra £150 instead of an extra £50!

fett said:

turtled- its probably better quality from LR direct, is your one oem?

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Yes Fett - Bearmach is the new new one - it says it is OEM. Fingers crossed it'll all be ok.

Turtled said:

I take your point, but I don't think you'd be saying that if your could see the thickness (thinness more like) of the bit of metal I'd have to drill into. The sensor mounts actually on the side of the rad... a couple of mm too far with the drill and I wouldn't be able to send the part back! Then I'd be ****ed off! :doh: An extra £150 instead of an extra £50!



Yes Fett - Bearmach is the new new one - it says it is OEM. Fingers crossed it'll all be ok.

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You would use a drill stop.

wammers said:

You would use a drill stop.

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If I knew how much depth I had to go at.

Turtled said:

If I knew how much depth I had to go at.

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Well you could try 1/2 inch at first, then reduce it until you stopped drilling into matrix.

wammers said:

Well you could try 1/2 inch at first, then reduce it until you stopped drilling into matrix.

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Why didn't I think of that...?:doh: