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Offline gary1.8se

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mk3 1.8 se
« on: 17 January 2011, 20:26 »
hi people im new here and just bought a se 1.8 90bhp
and has a oil filter housing gasket leak how easy are they to change  :smiley:
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Re: mk3 1.8 se
« Reply #1 on: 18 January 2011, 09:37 »
oil filter housing could be the oil cooler?  :undecided:
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Re: mk3 1.8 se
« Reply #2 on: 18 January 2011, 15:13 »
Very easy mate.If you find your housing is cracket i have a spare one here off an ABS engine the same as yours.Just dont get your sender wires mixed up.
Theres no oil cooler. :smiley:
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Re: mk3 1.8 se
« Reply #3 on: 18 January 2011, 15:42 »
is it deffo that and not one of the oil pressure sensors, these are a common fail on the mk3
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Offline gary1.8se

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Re: mk3 1.8 se
« Reply #4 on: 18 January 2011, 18:27 »
havent got it yet the bloke that owned it said it was that but will have a good look
and see what i can find  :smiley:
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Re: mk3 1.8 se
« Reply #5 on: 19 January 2011, 10:45 »
give it all a good clean then see where its really coming from. pop the rubber boots off the sensors though, if 1 is full of oil theres ya problem :)
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Re: mk3 1.8 se
« Reply #6 on: 19 January 2011, 18:05 »
cool will do that thanks
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