Oil Cooler hose exploded

TARDCORE · 02-05-2010, 01:55 AM

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.

initialgemini · 02-05-2010, 02:29 AM

Was this a prefab kit or did you put it together yourself?

Minicobra1 · 02-05-2010, 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by initialgemini

Was this a prefab kit or did you put it together yourself?

Yeah, who's kit and hoses ?

alexpila · 02-05-2010, 02:50 AM

TARDCORE · 02-05-2010, 03:15 AM

Thats the GTM kit with their revised hoses. Tomorrow when I take the car apart again I will get more pics adn post em. From what it looked like the hoses blew at the circled part. So dam frustrating I cant even sleep and I am tired as hell.

initialgemini · 02-05-2010, 10:10 AM

hmmm... Was this professionally done? Did you check the inside of the lines before you installed them? You may have had some obstruction in the line causing unwanted pressure at that point.

TARDCORE · 02-05-2010, 10:27 AM

yeah everything looked fine. I am getting ready to start taking the car apart to look at it. Ill get the pics up when i have time. Oil was everywhere! Pretty pissed if it damaged anything and it was deffective.

vipor · 02-05-2010, 10:29 AM

Should've gone for Aeroquip Socketless hose. Especially if the issue was the line coming off of the fitting.

spearfish25 · 02-05-2010, 11:37 AM

Sucks. Makes me reluctant to put the oil cooler in. In for more pics of the aftermath.

NYBladeZ · 02-05-2010, 11:47 AM

^^ this is the first instance of this happening, while it sucks and I'm sorry for the OP I don't see it being a reoccurring issue. In for pics hopefully it's a quick fix, unfortunately its going to cost you to get good oil back in there damn ester prices!

TARDCORE · 02-05-2010, 12:47 PM

the issue I have is the oil pretty much all over my car, any possible damage done to car, and why the hoses failed in the first place. The install is easy it just takes time to make a custom bracket and figure out where you want to route the hoses. Everything fit perfect and all the AN fittings were Loctited shut except one which was attached to the cooler itself for oil changes but the core itself is fine. Hopefully GTM can cover this since I cant really think of anything in thr install process that would cause the pre assembled hose to fail. Will have the pics up later today. I will probably just uninstall the cooler adn redo the oil change which means another new filter and 6 more qts of $10 per liter oil. Man waht a bad day. Seriously shoulda waited and bought that dam vette!!

m4a1mustang · 02-05-2010, 12:56 PM

That sucks! Looking forward to seeing those pics to see if we can help figure out what went wrong.

Modshack · 02-05-2010, 01:04 PM

Wow...Poorly assembled hose I suspect. Adding an AN fitting is pretty cut and dried, but people do make mistakes. Correctly done they should never come apart. I've put many of them together, but find the newer socketless approach easier and essentially a no-brainer. With a DIY, YOU have control over all this. Sorry for the problems. I think TravisB lost an engine from a similar problem...

(BTW, there is no need to loctite an AN fitting)

Quality Aeroquipt Hose and fittings just do not have a history of failing if assembled correctly.. Who knows what the hose brand was though...Sometimes on a kit you never know.

Good AN install how-to here: http://forums.clubrsx.com/showthread.php?p=18093108

kdoske · 02-05-2010, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TARDCORE

the issue I have is the oil pretty much all over my car, any possible damage done to car, and why the hoses failed in the first place. The install is easy it just takes time to make a custom bracket and figure out where you want to route the hoses. Everything fit perfect and all the AN fittings were Loctited shut except one which was attached to the cooler itself for oil changes but the core itself is fine. Hopefully GTM can cover this since I cant really think of anything in thr install process that would cause the pre assembled hose to fail. Will have the pics up later today. I will probably just uninstall the cooler adn redo the oil change which means another new filter and 6 more qts of $10 per liter oil. Man waht a bad day. Seriously shoulda waited and bought that dam vette!!

That sucks about the AFTER MARKET kit, but what does that have anything to do with you waiting for a vette? Even if it was a nissan hose things like this unfortunately do happen. Like someone said above your the first that it has happened to. Its just frustrating that your the one it happened to. Just like I'm sure this response is also frustrating.

Anyway, sucks man. I would call GTM and see if they are willing to send you a new set of hoses.

initialgemini · 02-05-2010, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TARDCORE

the issue I have is the oil pretty much all over my car, any possible damage done to car, and why the hoses failed in the first place. The install is easy it just takes time to make a custom bracket and figure out where you want to route the hoses. Everything fit perfect and all the AN fittings were Loctited shut except one which was attached to the cooler itself for oil changes but the core itself is fine. Hopefully GTM can cover this since I cant really think of anything in thr install process that would cause the pre assembled hose to fail. Will have the pics up later today. I will probably just uninstall the cooler adn redo the oil change which means another new filter and 6 more qts of $10 per liter oil. Man waht a bad day. Seriously shoulda waited and bought that dam vette!!

that's really unfortunate. Hopefully this is an isolated incident and not too serious. Anyone else have a gtm cooler that can give us input?

02-05-2010, 01:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
TARDCORE Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: San Diego Posts: 410 Drives: 2010 Solid Red 370Z Rep Power: 15	Oil Cooler hose exploded 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. __________________ XBL:EVENTYDE Last edited by TARDCORE; 02-05-2010 at 02:01 AM.

02-05-2010, 02:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
initialgemini Enthusiast Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 340 Drives: 2011 FX 35 Rep Power: 250	Was this a prefab kit or did you put it together yourself? __________________ CY 370z \|Sports Package\| Berk CBE\| Berk High Flow Cats (awaiting install)\|BBS LM\|Eibach Pro-Kit Springs\|Stillen Sway Bars\|TWS Shift Knob\|B&M Short Shifter

02-05-2010, 02:50 AM	#4 (permalink)
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02-05-2010, 03:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
TARDCORE Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: San Diego Posts: 410 Drives: 2010 Solid Red 370Z Rep Power: 15	Thats the GTM kit with their revised hoses. Tomorrow when I take the car apart again I will get more pics adn post em. From what it looked like the hoses blew at the circled part. So dam frustrating I cant even sleep and I am tired as hell. __________________ XBL:EVENTYDE

02-05-2010, 10:10 AM	#6 (permalink)
initialgemini Enthusiast Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 340 Drives: 2011 FX 35 Rep Power: 250	hmmm... Was this professionally done? Did you check the inside of the lines before you installed them? You may have had some obstruction in the line causing unwanted pressure at that point. __________________ CY 370z \|Sports Package\| Berk CBE\| Berk High Flow Cats (awaiting install)\|BBS LM\|Eibach Pro-Kit Springs\|Stillen Sway Bars\|TWS Shift Knob\|B&M Short Shifter

02-05-2010, 10:27 AM	#7 (permalink)
TARDCORE Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: San Diego Posts: 410 Drives: 2010 Solid Red 370Z Rep Power: 15	yeah everything looked fine. I am getting ready to start taking the car apart to look at it. Ill get the pics up when i have time. Oil was everywhere! Pretty pissed if it damaged anything and it was deffective. __________________ XBL:EVENTYDE

02-05-2010, 10:29 AM	#8 (permalink)
vipor A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Euless, TX [ DFW ] Age: 41 Posts: 13,531 Drives: Nismo 09-0183 QAB Rep Power: 48	Should've gone for Aeroquip Socketless hose. Especially if the issue was the line coming off of the fitting. __________________ 2009 NISMO # 0193 \| QAB \| Albums! \| 05.04.10 (Dynojet) 291.94hp/248.28tq Oil Cooler (DIY) \| Custom Headlights \| GTSPEC Braces \| F.I. Long Tube Headers

02-05-2010, 11:37 AM	#9 (permalink)
spearfish25 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Naples, FL Posts: 4,117 Drives: to work Rep Power: 1856	Sucks. Makes me reluctant to put the oil cooler in. In for more pics of the aftermath. __________________ 2013 Cadillac V-Wagon, RIP Z

02-05-2010, 11:47 AM	#10 (permalink)
NYBladeZ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New York Posts: 2,158 Drives: Lotus Exige S Rep Power: 20	^^ this is the first instance of this happening, while it sucks and I'm sorry for the OP I don't see it being a reoccurring issue. In for pics hopefully it's a quick fix, unfortunately its going to cost you to get good oil back in there damn ester prices! __________________ 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

02-05-2010, 12:47 PM	#11 (permalink)
TARDCORE Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: San Diego Posts: 410 Drives: 2010 Solid Red 370Z Rep Power: 15	the issue I have is the oil pretty much all over my car, any possible damage done to car, and why the hoses failed in the first place. The install is easy it just takes time to make a custom bracket and figure out where you want to route the hoses. Everything fit perfect and all the AN fittings were Loctited shut except one which was attached to the cooler itself for oil changes but the core itself is fine. Hopefully GTM can cover this since I cant really think of anything in thr install process that would cause the pre assembled hose to fail. Will have the pics up later today. I will probably just uninstall the cooler adn redo the oil change which means another new filter and 6 more qts of $10 per liter oil. Man waht a bad day. Seriously shoulda waited and bought that dam vette!! __________________ XBL:EVENTYDE

02-05-2010, 12:56 PM	#12 (permalink)
m4a1mustang A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Northern VA Posts: 55,385 Drives: on two wheels Rep Power: 6962	That sucks! Looking forward to seeing those pics to see if we can help figure out what went wrong. __________________ - Steve Zs & Coffee - Saturdays at 10AM in Fairfax, VA and Columbia, MD (Click the banner!) LIKE us on Facebook!

02-05-2010, 01:04 PM	#13 (permalink)
Modshack A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Greenville NC Posts: 2,883 Drives: 370Z Sport Rep Power: 976	Wow...Poorly assembled hose I suspect. Adding an AN fitting is pretty cut and dried, but people do make mistakes. Correctly done they should never come apart. I've put many of them together, but find the newer socketless approach easier and essentially a no-brainer. With a DIY, YOU have control over all this. Sorry for the problems. I think TravisB lost an engine from a similar problem... (BTW, there is no need to loctite an AN fitting) Quality Aeroquipt Hose and fittings just do not have a history of failing if assembled correctly.. Who knows what the hose brand was though...Sometimes on a kit you never know. Good AN install how-to here: http://forums.clubrsx.com/showthread.php?p=18093108 __________________ Steal my car! (SOLD)...Now Porsche Cayman S Oil Cooler DIY: Here! Last edited by Modshack; 02-05-2010 at 01:26 PM.

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