PGM jetta
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An extension will affect torque. Maybe not much at all with a 5" extension and only 25Nm but an extension will affect torque by allowing flex, more noticeably with higher torque
Wife's car's oil cooler started leaking again after about 60k miles since I'd last replaced the seals. Decided I wouldn't take the risk of trying to get seals to work again so I ordered a new cooler and seals (from IDParts). I found that the same distortions were at play here so I installed without using the ears. Ran for a while and didn't see any signs of leaks. I suppose time will tell...
It's not a real tough job, but because it's so messy it's something that one wants to only have to do once.
Hi CRD - yes. A combination of looking at the car in the light and the pics in the thread and I'm clear on what needs to be replaced.
Unfortunately this also means that the thing has to come out of the car, and the coolant needs to be replaced, and it's cold out, and the car has 230000 miles, and the clamps are original, and hoses are rotten with oil, which means one will fail catastrophically when I try and undo the clamps, which means ... it's better to just keep adding oil to replace the drip
The cooler seals can be replaced without unhooking the coolant hoses. I sealed mine by adding orange silicone, gray would work also. Took care to apply it so it would squeeze outward not inward. I am guilty of being an ape with tools, as I had some oil in the coolant, most likely from over torquing . So I had to do it twice. Also, my original lower cap didn’t have a groove for the oring, replacement did