Whats the small radiator in front of the fan? And why is mine twice that size, in fact is so big i need to remove it to get the fan out so i can fit my BOV's :rolleyes:

 

Its a UK car with air con.

 

Cheers

Pete!

 

Oil cooler. Uk cars had bigger oil coolers than the Jap imports.

Oil cooler. Uk cars had bigger oil coolers than the Jap imports.

 

Excellent, I wasnt sure if it was something to do with the air con. Now I know its not i'll move it.

 

Cheers bud

No need to remove it. Just angle it towards the front of the car and the fan will slide past it

 

Steve :)

No need to remove it. Just angle it towards the front of the car and the fan will slide past it

 

Steve :)

 

Will that still leave me enough room to get to the recircs? Im fitting BOV's :D:D

Will that still leave me enough room to get to the recircs? Im fitting BOV's :D:D

 

sure will ... great fun fitting the ol BOV's .. LOL

Will that still leave me enough room to get to the recircs? Im fitting BOV's :D:D

 

Yep no problems - I did this a couple of months ago in my UK car. What BOVs are you fitting?

 

Steve :)

Yep no problems - I did this a couple of months ago in my UK car. What BOVs are you fitting?

 

Steve :)

 

Ive got a set of bailey's twin piston.

i got these bailey bovs about a month ago, and was quite impressed with them (£205 from ebay).

took me ages to do first one, but once i done that and knew what i was doing it wasnt too much of a struggle for the second one. ended up having to remove the fan to get to the originals but once i managed to gain access it werent too bad.

didnt take the oil cooler off , although mine is a jap import so it may be smaller........although it has been upgraded to a bigger one (apparently), looks same size as yours in photo.

have fun!

i got these bailey bovs about a month ago, and was quite impressed with them (£205 from ebay).

took me ages to do first one, but once i done that and knew what i was doing it wasnt too much of a struggle for the second one. ended up having to remove the fan to get to the originals but once i managed to gain access it werent too bad.

didnt take the oil cooler off , although mine is a jap import so it may be smaller........although it has been upgraded to a bigger one (apparently), looks same size as yours in photo.

have fun!

 

Bought mine from ebay too ive had several bailey dump valves on other cars and i like the noise they make. The photo isnt mine, its the only one i could find that shows the area i am working. My oil cooler ends over half way up the fan making removal of the fan without moving the oil cooler impossible.

Got mine from ebay, they do touch my Mocal oil cooler though, but simple enought to fit.

Got mine from ebay, they do touch my Mocal oil cooler though, but simple enought to fit.

 

Nice one, going to have a go this weekend.. :dance: weather permitting

You'll struggle m8, I did :rofl:

I could'nt get the electric fan out but still managed to fit the BOV, undo the fan and pull it forward enough to get hand down back to undo bolts on BOV:cool:

Pretty easy job though just don't try for too long removing the electric fan.

You'll struggle m8, I did :rofl:

I could'nt get the electric fan out but still managed to fit the BOV, undo the fan and pull it forward enough to get hand down back to undo bolts on BOV:cool:

Pretty easy job though just don't try for too long removing the electric fan.

 

Removing the bloody fan took longer than fitting the BOV's LMAO ...

The fan on UK's is a pain to get out, but if you undo those three bolts on the cooler as you see in the pic (from underneath irrc) you should be able to move it enogh without undoing the oil pipes etc. Recommend lots of WD40 first...one of mine was so siezed it snapped.

The fan on UK's is a pain to get out, but if you undo those three bolts on the cooler as you see in the pic (from underneath irrc) you should be able to move it enogh without undoing the oil pipes etc. Recommend lots of WD40 first...one of mine was so siezed it snapped.

 

spot on there mate , thats what i did to fit my apexi's !! and yep the bolts are rusted to fook !!

ok, so i'll dunk the front end of the car in a WD40 bath before I start :D

 

cheers chaps :bow: I do appreciate this insight into the task ahead :headvswal

 

Pete

ok, so i'll dunk the front end of the car in a WD40 bath before I start :D

 

cheers chaps :bow: I do appreciate this insight into the task ahead :headvswal

 

Pete

fitted my bovs couple weeks ago, just removed the nose panel and released the sheilding under front bumper and managed to get the recirs off and new ones on, didnt loosen any fans, rads or coolers, took about hour and half, and a few bloody nuckles

fitted my bovs couple weeks ago, just removed the nose panel and released the sheilding under front bumper and managed to get the recirs off and new ones on, didnt loosen any fans, rads or coolers, took about hour and half, and a few bloody nuckles

 

 

me too?? done mine a couple of months ago - took me about 2 hours which is one hour in anyone elses book! are there more problems getting to stuff in an auto then?

fitted my bovs couple weeks ago, just removed the nose panel and released the sheilding under front bumper and managed to get the recirs off and new ones on, didnt loosen any fans, rads or coolers, took about hour and half, and a few bloody nuckles

 

Which BOV's did you fit?

Got em fitted, took 3 hours tho. Nice and slow :D:D

 

Sounds ace! PPPSSSSHHHH! :D BIG GRINS

 

:nana2: :dance:

 

Thanks for your help guys!