I have picked up a used oil cooler for the S2 - since the one in the car show's evidence of smacking a snowbank at some point (at least that's how I bust 'em in the rally cars!) and it's leaking steadily.

This is an S2 - so it's the external oil cooler serviced by two lines.

To swap this out - do I HAVE to drain all 45 litres of oil? I've done a recent oil change and don't really want to do another if I don't have to - but will if there's no choice.

If I disconnect the lines (looks like one bolt!) and tip the lines up - there should be minimal leakeage - no?

I shoud replace the "O" rings at that point too eh?

Thanks in advance as always...

RK

 

45 litres of oil? Huh?

 

And I thought my dads 964 Turbo held a lot of oil at 13 quarts.....

 

It was suppoed to be a tongue in cheek joke - guess it didn't work. : (

Sorry.

To rephrase, do I have to drain the "x" litres of oil (where X = the amoiunt of oil in the car, a value which I can't recall at the moment) to change the external cooler?

Thanks - sorry for the lame attempt at humour.

RK

 

I would empty the oil, or you will have a huge mess

 

Pehaps it's a case of emptying the oil no matter what - either in a controlled or not-so-controlled fashion?

RK

 

Thats how I would look at it,
and if making a huge oily mess is part of your plan then do it that way, but i'm prefer a cleaning working enviroment.