John Souders wrote:
>
> >I also have a rather easy question that I hope someone can help me
> with.
> >This Alpine V that I have has had the oil cooler lines re-routed. The
> one
> >running to the drivers side of the cooler runs up and over the
> thermostat
> >housing and then down to the cooler. I would certainly like to move
> this
> >as none of the pictures that I have seen from original road tests of
> the
> >Alpine Series V show this line in this position. Can someone
> enlighten me
> >on the proper routing of the oil cooler lines? Any help would be
> >appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Andy "Rolling Restoration" Walker
> >
> The rerouting was from a factory bulletin, and was done to reduce the
> possibility of the line chaffing and leaking. Some of us also suspect
> it was an attempt at preventing the cooler and filter draining down
> when stopped.
> I believe the Alpine web sit has this bulletin.
>
> John
That's right...it's RSB 66-5 and has a picture of the way the hoses
should be routed. Before I changed mine, it used to take about ten
seconds to read pressure on the oil gauge, after routing it takes 1-2
seconds.
Sergio
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