scarnny

I'm trying to plumb in my engine and can't work out what pipes connect where.
What I need to know is where does the hose go from the top of the water pump? And the outlet where the ecu water temp is.
Where do these pipe connect?

Also got the two outlets on the oil cooler behind the oil filter.
The car has no heater matrix, and I've never plumbed this engine before so any help would be great.

Thanx andy

tabetha

The hose from the top of the water pump, the 1/2" hose goes to the heater matrix normally, via a stainless steel tube that runs along the head above the exhaust manifold, from memory the outlet from the heater matrix then goes to one side of the oil cooler, then out the cooler into the head, but not 100% sure.
If not using the heater though the pump outlet can simply be blocked off, as can the head by the ecu temp sender, if wanting to keep the original oil cooler you can route the water pump outlet into the oil cooler, then out and into the head by the ecu temp sender.
Depending on use a air to oil cooler with a built in thermostat would be a lot better bet, this is a sandwich plate that simply goes in place of the modine(original oil/water cooler), then 2 pipes for in and out are run to a small oil cooler matrix put on the front of the car somewhere.
tabetha

scarnny

Thanks mate I'm gonna run the pipe from the top of the water pump to the oil cooler then from oil cooler to block cutting out the matrix.
I'm hopeing that should be ok.

tabetha

That will be fine.
tabetha

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I saw no increase in coolant temperature after removing my matrix and have done exaxtly what you intend to do with the pipes