Looking for a DIY writeup for a 1.4L oil cooler / housing replacement

Want me to come down to Indiana and do it for you?

I am not letting anyone take my wrench therapy away. 😁

I love replacing these, I have them down to an hour

Know said:

I love replacing these, I have them down to an hour

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Including removing the turbo???

Toolbelt said:

Including removing the turbo???

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warranty pays 2.8, so I better be doing them in an hour. the turbo doesnt need to come out of the car, it just sits in the engine bay. Remove oil feed, remove 10 manifold nuts, disconnect oil drain. the turbo just rests there and oil cooler has enough room to come out. reverse procedure.

@Johnny B How is that funny? I find it funny that you guys CANT do it in an hour. It pays 2.8 warranty, I have replaced thousands.

@Know thanks for the info on the process to save some time. You must be a certified mechanic if you have done thousands at this point. The rest of us on this forum will at most probably do it once in the life of our car or not even at all.

Valpo Cruze said:

@Know thanks for the info on the process to save some time. You must be a certified mechanic if you have done thousands at this point. The rest of us on this forum will at most probably do it once in the life of our car or not even at all.

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I also have a hoist so it makes things alot easier. If your doing this on the ground in a backyard or something its going to take a bit longer.

Valpo Cruze said:

@Know thanks for the info on the process to save some time. You must be a certified mechanic if you have done thousands at this point. The rest of us on this forum will at most probably do it once in the life of our car or not even at all.

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Watch out and dont pull back the drain tube too far or it will crack. I've successfully gotten away without breaking I'd say 90% of them, so be careful.
If your car is old and you live in a rust belt, I'd recommend replacing your inlet and outlet turbo cooling pipes and seals. For that, It's probably easier for you to just remove the turbo fully. If you're just doing the cooler, you don't have to remove those cooling pipes from the back of the turbo.

Valpo Cruze said:

Getting geared up to tackle the oil cooler / filter housing replacement on our 2011 1.4 L Cruze.

I have watched the TRQ video but looking for a write up on this as well.

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Will this help?


How-To: Change the Oil Cooler Seals

Know said:

I love replacing these, I have them down to an hour

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Would you consider writing a tutorial for us?

How-To: Write a Tutorial

When I do this I will probably do the cooler and filter housing all as a unit. Parts I will likely source at Advance Auto and I will try to put a list together of must change and good idea to change. Car is a 2011 with about 120,000 miles on it and we do live in the crust belt. Project will likely be done in the June timeframe once I have better weather. I have a 2.5 car garage so covered space is not an issue.

Know said:

Watch out and dont pull back the drain tube too far or it will crack

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Can you just unbolt the drain flange from the bottom of the turbo rather than monkeying around with the block end of the tube?

Toolbelt said:

Can you just unbolt the drain flange from the bottom of the turbo rather than monkeying around with the block end of the tube?

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yes, just unbolt from the turbo, just be carefull moving the pipe around, they become very brittle and easy to crack/break.

Valpo Cruze said:

When I do this I will probably do the cooler and filter housing all as a unit. Parts I will likely source at Advance Auto and I will try to put a list together of must change and good idea to change. Car is a 2011 with about 120,000 miles on it and we do live in the crust belt. Project will likely be done in the June timeframe once I have better weather. I have a 2.5 car garage so covered space is not an issue.

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I have never seen it come any other way, the oil cooler IS the oil filter housing.

Blasirl said:

Would you consider writing a tutorial for us?

How-To: Write a Tutorial

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I may. untill then if you have a question just ask.

Valpo Cruze said:

Apparently some places will sell the whole assembled assembly while some sites show where you can purchase just the cooler portion. There is very little savings with just the cooler though.

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the thing is, youre removing the whole housing to change that piece anyway. I guess if you wanna save a few dimes