Oil Cooler hose exploded

travisjb · 02-06-2010, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by fstrnldr

i'm not going to say this was the original posters problem ( i don't know nearly enough about the product, or install to even guess), but this brought up a good reminder. When you guys do the installs on these kits, the hoses MUST have some slack in them. The engine is not solid mounted to the chassis so as the engine moves under down shifts, and up shifts, it will pull on the hoses if they are too tight and rigidly mounted to the sub frame. That is probably one of the few ways i could see there being enough force to yank a hose end off of a JIC hose assembly like that. Assuming it was properly assembled of course.

that's a good point sam... op, any thoughts? was there enough slack?

m4a1mustang · 02-06-2010, 11:15 AM

Lou's Defi gauges are f'ing nice, but I'm sure they cost a pretty penny.

I wouldn't mind replacing the clock with an oil pressure gauge... even if it's just some Autometer.

NYBladeZ · 02-06-2010, 11:24 AM

I think the gauges are around $2-300 each but top of the line, need the control unit as well. To the OP if you are selling your oil cooler let me know. I agree with the members who have said that the aftermarket for the Z is going strong. These things happen hopefully GTM can chime in their take since it's there kit. Did you leave any slack on the lines because I could see how that could cause this.

m4a1mustang · 02-06-2010, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by NYBladeZ

I think the gauges are around $2-300 each but top of the line, need the control unit as well. To the OP if you are selling your oil cooler let me know. I agree with the members who have said that the aftermarket for the Z is going strong. These things happen hopefully GTM can chime in their take since it's there kit. Did you leave any slack on the lines because I could see how that could cause this.

Yup. Even the Defi analog gauges are ~$250.

TARDCORE · 02-06-2010, 11:38 AM

On my journal I will have a part out as soon as I can get rough idea of what I can sell and how I am going to ship the parts since my truck is 2 hours away from me right now. I will post it in the for sale section since its where it belongs but until i will update it on the progession thread. Still need to make sure the oil didnt damage the o2 sensors on the instake. Its all over the sensors especially the passenger side. And yes, believe me when I say we tried everything to basically make the oil cooler fail before I filled the block and started the car. It had enough slack but not too much to where it may snag on something from an abrupt shift in weight or shock to the car. It was just faulty I will take more pics of the actual AN fitted and closer pics of the hose. I think the oil should have purged out of the core by now.

NYBladeZ · 02-06-2010, 11:41 AM

Man I feel for you I do, I just got an oil change done with ester and we all know that sht doesn't come cheap, good luck and hope it all turns out OK.

FuszNissan · 02-06-2010, 11:53 AM

Everybody should have DeFi gauges!!

m4a1mustang · 02-06-2010, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by FuszNissan

Everybody should have DeFi gauges!!

FREE Defi Gauges @ Lou Fusz Nissan! Get them with your brand new FREE ECU!!!

fstrnldr · 02-06-2010, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by travisjb

that's a good point sam... op, any thoughts? was there enough slack?

I think you have me confused with someone else.

travisjb · 02-06-2010, 11:58 AM

oh yeah, my bad

FuszNissan · 02-06-2010, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

FREE Defi Gauges @ Lou Fusz Nissan! Get them with your brand new FREE ECU!!!

Knock it off!...lol

g96818 · 02-06-2010, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by FuszNissan

Knock it off!...lol

I'll take one. you ship to hawai? Thx brah

SAM@GTM · 02-08-2010, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by TARDCORE

Like the topic states. Right above the AN fitting it sort of mushroomed on the end that connects to the thermo plate. I dont know exactly what happened as I didnt feel like looking at tonight. Not as mad as I thought Id be but disappointed. Any ideas? I mean everything was sturdy, tightly closed. the core didnt even budge from the bracket we made to attach it. I am really disappointed and I hope nothing internally was damaged since it pretty much drained the entire system of 6.4 qts or so. Basically what happened was right after the install I drove the car until it reached 180F. The I redlined the hell out of it for a while. The temp was still doing good and there were no leaks of any kind. Then I decided to take long route home on the freeway and see how it did on the temp while highway driving. All I remember is at one point I down shifted from 6th to 4th at 80mph and brought it up to about 6800rpms and thats when it happened. Any ideas? were the hoses not sealed properly above the AN fitting.

Here is the pic of right after we installed it. Of course its not the aftermath pic. I really wasnt in the mood to even lookat the car I was so disappointed.

First of all we do apologize for any inconvenience we may have caused. a replacement hose has been sent out last week with a return shipping label so we can get the old part back to further investigate what caused this issue.

Couple of points that i would like to make, This is the first time that we had this happen and we have sold lot of thees kits, Now defiantly a mistake could have been made in the proses of assembling the hose, but also base on the picture you posted above there is really no slack to the oil cooler hoses what so ever and with the engine torquing against them could cause the problem you're having .

Sam

RCZ · 02-08-2010, 04:47 PM

^ not to disagree or agree, but even if there was slack you wouldnt be able to see it in that picture. I'm not really interested in blaming anyone, these things happen even to the best dealers every now and then.

Modshack · 02-08-2010, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by RCZ

^ not to disagree or agree, but even if there was slack you wouldnt be able to see it in that picture. I'm not really interested in blaming anyone, these things happen even to the best dealers every now and then.

Sam is just lucky this didn't take the engine out with it or I suspect the tone here would be a little different. Stuff happens. Tardcore was EXTREMELY luck on this one (as was GTM)

02-06-2010, 11:15 AM	#47 (permalink)
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02-06-2010, 11:24 AM	#48 (permalink)
NYBladeZ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New York Posts: 2,158 Drives: Lotus Exige S Rep Power: 20	I think the gauges are around $2-300 each but top of the line, need the control unit as well. To the OP if you are selling your oil cooler let me know. I agree with the members who have said that the aftermarket for the Z is going strong. These things happen hopefully GTM can chime in their take since it's there kit. Did you leave any slack on the lines because I could see how that could cause this. __________________ 2009 Carbon Fiber/Red 370z aka Trish: Sports Package, Meisterschaft full catback, Fast Intentions Longtube Headers, Injen Long Tube Intakes, UpRev Tune: Sold 2008 Lotus Exige S Club Racer aka Bella, always leaves me smiling

02-06-2010, 11:38 AM	#50 (permalink)
TARDCORE Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: San Diego Posts: 410 Drives: 2010 Solid Red 370Z Rep Power: 15	On my journal I will have a part out as soon as I can get rough idea of what I can sell and how I am going to ship the parts since my truck is 2 hours away from me right now. I will post it in the for sale section since its where it belongs but until i will update it on the progession thread. Still need to make sure the oil didnt damage the o2 sensors on the instake. Its all over the sensors especially the passenger side. And yes, believe me when I say we tried everything to basically make the oil cooler fail before I filled the block and started the car. It had enough slack but not too much to where it may snag on something from an abrupt shift in weight or shock to the car. It was just faulty I will take more pics of the actual AN fitted and closer pics of the hose. I think the oil should have purged out of the core by now. __________________ XBL:EVENTYDE

02-06-2010, 11:41 AM	#51 (permalink)
NYBladeZ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New York Posts: 2,158 Drives: Lotus Exige S Rep Power: 20	Man I feel for you I do, I just got an oil change done with ester and we all know that sht doesn't come cheap, good luck and hope it all turns out OK. __________________ 2009 Carbon Fiber/Red 370z aka Trish: Sports Package, Meisterschaft full catback, Fast Intentions Longtube Headers, Injen Long Tube Intakes, UpRev Tune: Sold 2008 Lotus Exige S Club Racer aka Bella, always leaves me smiling

02-06-2010, 11:53 AM	#52 (permalink)
FuszNissan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: St. Louis Posts: 14,275 Drives: Pure Sex Rep Power: 542	Everybody should have DeFi gauges!! __________________ Mods: Too Many to list! LouFuszNissan ZDAYZ 2012

02-06-2010, 11:58 AM	#55 (permalink)
travisjb A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: GSO Posts: 2,803 Drives: VIR Rep Power: 188	oh yeah, my bad __________________ 2009 370Z #104 For Sale

02-08-2010, 04:47 PM	#59 (permalink)
RCZ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Miami Posts: 6,403 Drives: '09 370Z Rep Power: 1118	^ not to disagree or agree, but even if there was slack you wouldnt be able to see it in that picture. I'm not really interested in blaming anyone, these things happen even to the best dealers every now and then.

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