Engine Oil Cooler O-Ring installation for 2008 Infiniti G35x - fast and easy!
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- Опубліковано 14 січ 2020
- GOAL - Stop oil from leaking underneath your car by replacing the "Engine Oil Cooler O-Ring"
MECHANIC COST:
3 mechanic quotes I got were $175, $190, $140.
DIY COST:
$5.99 (Cost of part)
EXPERTISE REQUIRED -
Easy (Same as an oil change)
TIME REQUIRED -
10 minutes
TOOLS:
22mm Socket/ratchet or wrench
Oil Filter wrench (if you can't hand turn it)
New O-Ring - O'Reilly* & Autozone - "Dorman OE Solutions Engine Oil Cooler Seal - Part #917-036"
Part available for $6 at O'Reillys but their site sometimes WON'T show it is*
STUFF REMOVED:
1 - Oil Filter
1 - 22mm Bolt for oil filter housing
1 - O-Ring
1 - Undercarriage protector (may not be there)
STEPS:
Remove undercarriage plastic protector (may not be there for a variety of reasons).
Place oil pan under oil filter.
Unscrew oil filter.
Unscrew 22mm bolt underneath the oil filter.
Remove bad O-Ring on opposite side of filter housing.
Replace w/ new O-Ring on the INNER ring of the housing.
Slide housing back into place and affix with 22mm bolt.
Reattach oil filter (ONLY if not dented, otherwise replace w/ a new filter).
Fill car back up with oil (the same quantity as what was lost when the filter came off).
DONE! Give yourself a high five! - Спорт
You couldn’t be more detailed!! Thanks. I broke the antifreeze line trying to push the new alternator in from the bottom!🤦🏾♂️ Last time I’ll ever do this job on the ground!😂
Appreciate the kind words man! Now I gotta make a video on fixing that antifreeze line you busted too? 😂Sadly, I had to sell my g35 a couple years ago to a dude here in town (it's still running though). The ol gal may leak oil out of the gearbox but it'll never die! Best of luck with yours my man! :)
Thanks for the good tips and hilarious commentary, I’m off to replace the seal right now.
Nice man! Glad ya liked it. ;) Good luck with that gasket!!
@@think41c 20 mins and I was done. Took that long because I didn't have a deep 22mm, but found a deep 7/8 and got the job done! Thanks again :)
Good good video .like how u explain right way & bad way of replacment O ring
Yep. If there's a wrong way to do something, I'll find it before I discover the right way. Bad for me, but good for teaching others. :) Anyway, appreciate you taking the time for the kind words. Keep that infinti running!
We're was this vid when I needed it 😂
haha I feel ya! A 2008 Infiniti is now sadly 15 years old...you're going to probably be needing a lot more videos than mine to keep that thing runnin' ;) Mine eventually had a timing chain gasket leak and I had to throw in the towel a couple years back. Hopefully your luck is better than mine!
Good vid my guy💪🏽
Appreciate the kind words! Glad it helped.
What a great video. Thank you
Great video your the true MVP when it comes to g35x repair videos. I will add that I had a similar issue with the top radiator hose leaking replaced the house it leaked for a bit after word but it finally settles in and no more leaks since about a year ago.
Excellent
really useful and detailed video. i own same car with same engine. every time when I remove under cover, I can see a drop of engine oil always is at the bottom of the engine oil filter..
can it be due to old Engine Oil Cooler O-ring?..
Maybe. My leak was SUPER slow at first. And I'm used to seeing oil leak from the oil drain pan in cars. But there was sort of oil splattered everywhere when I first noticed it. Cleaned it up real good, drove it for a bit, and then saw that the leak was dribbling down to the bottom of that chrome/metal housing of the engine oil cooler and I realized that was the issue. If you're seeing the oil on your oil filter itself, it may just not be on there real tight and maybe just needs to be tightened. My way is a bit tedious of just wiping everything down clean, driving a bit, and then looking again for the oil, but it's pretty effective at narrowing down where leaks are coming from. Best of luck!
@@think41c Thank you so much for replying with very detailed explanation! I really appreciate it!
My Man!.....👍🏽👍🏽
Great info 👌 Will this work on a VQ35DE?
I think the concept will be the same in terms of how the engine cooler has that O ring. The question is will the gasket sit on the inner ring (I bet it would) and will it be the same size (I bet it would be too). If the oil filter is the same size as the g35, I'd say it'd have a greater likelihood of all being pretty much the same instruction, but you'd just have to take a peek down there to find out for sure.
What is the metal line called connected to the rubber hose. I have coolant leaking from that line
If you're talking about the Engine Oil Cooler itself (not just the O-ring) b/c that metal is cracked, that's going to probably cost around $550 (as of 2024). Do a google search for "infiniti g35 engine oil cooler" and you should find what I think you're talking about wanting to replace.
So you don't have to totally drain all of the oil out before replacing this O ring?
Correct. It's sort of the equivalent of doing just an oil filter change by itself. You'll lose some oil but really not much at all.
Packaging for the o ring said to put greese on it. Did you do this?
Yes but that will happen almost without you trying bc there's oil already in the groove where the gasket goes anyway.
what should i do if i replace the o ring and the leak is still occurring? any answers are appreciated.
Could be a number of things. Presuming you're definitely sure it's leaking from that cooler and not somewhere else, it could be that the ring isn't the right type / size, your cooler bolt isn't tightened enough when you replaced it, the notch that the ring is seated in is dirty and needs to be wiped clean, the ring isn't seated in the correct notch, your oil cooler is somehow damaged, etc. I would personally try to reseat / reseal / retighten it and see if that works. Not sure what else it could be though but hopefully one of these reasons triggers an idea for you to try. Best of luck!
Is there another seal a smaller one? I went to nissan and for my Pathfinder they gave me 2 rings. A big one and a small one
Pathfinder may be very different - not sure. But to answer your question, there's definitely only 1 ring that you need for an 08 Infiniti G35x. I can't even think where there would possibly be another gasket required since there's only one point where a oil cooler attaches to the car. Let us know what you find out though!
@@think41c Actually on my Qx4 ( pathfinder twin ) there are 2. A small one when you pull the bolt out, and the bigger one is further back
@@alpha7ization Sweet - that's awesome you found out. Thx for sharing!
Does this take about and hour? It doesn’t seem like it do...... $100 for labor is what I getting charge for this
Took me only about 10-15 minutes since the undercarriage "splash guard" was already off and I already have the tools, oil drip pan, and replacement oil handy. But it'll probably take someone just doing it from absolute scratch like an 1 hour or more between finding the gasket online, ordering it, getting their ratchet set out, getting their car jacked up, buying another oil filter if they dent the old one removing it, buying oil, getting the drip pan ready, finding the oil filter wrench (if the current one won't come off by hand), taking off the splash guard, refilling and testing oil levels, etc etc. I have no idea what the 'shop book' calls for in terms of time it takes though, but I wouldn't be surprised if they say 30-60 minutes. Anyway, best of luck with it!
I got quoted $350🤢
@@tristenjaynes2458 Yeah, they def. ripping you off. I ended up going to a place that ended up charging me only $50. It only took about 15min for the guy to do it. Find another place.
thanks also where can i get the engine gasket for it
Not sure what you're meaning. The o-ring is a "gasket" of sorts I suppose, but not sure what you mean by getting a gasket for the o-ring. A lot of times you don't need to use any gasket maker stuff on the o-ring, but I've heard some people having a leak even after replacing the o-ring and using some red gasket maker on the o-ring will sometimes stop the leak. But again, that's fairly uncommon and not a "recommended" thing I don't think.
@@think41c oh okay sorry well it was just the O ring i wanted
@@think41c seeing that i have to change out the oil practically i waiting for the holidays time
@@DJMMAS14 Cool deal. Make sure to check the video description to see where I got the o-ring and all if you're having trouble finding it. Good luck with it!