Prelude BB1 H22 Oil Pressure Switch Replace

Scott560 · Post by **Scott560** » Tue Feb 13, 2018 7:12 pm

Ordered from lings website on Friday night, turned up today. Didn't realise you could actually order from that site, was using to reference part numbers previously... Good service. Htune haven't even despatched yet lol

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Post by **Vtecmec** » Tue Feb 13, 2018 7:53 pm

Yeah its a good site, though postage can be pricey for small items.

Ludebob95 · Post by **Ludebob95** » Tue Mar 06, 2018 12:12 pm

I have ordered 2 of these today. About time I've inky had the car 5 years

also ordered the vtec one whist at it. All this just to move her of the ramp so I can fix my daily.

Scott560 · Post by **Scott560** » Tue Mar 06, 2018 3:01 pm

I wasn't too happy with the job i did on my lude when I replace this seal, didn't allocate enough time.

The access is really bad, try to get the car as high as possible (your axle stands on the lowest setting wont be enough, need a few more inches). also be wary that even when the oil filter is emptied after spilling everywhere, there is even more in the coooler afterwards (which i stupidly wasn't expecting for some unknown reason).

Even though the seal is replaced with a new one, i'm worried about the longevity of the fix, as the recess in the oil heat exchanger had a little left over crud, solid oil deposits, bits of the old seal etc. Nothing major, but enough for a rubber seal to not be 100% sealed up against. Plan in a little extra time to manipulate the position and clean/ream out the recess. The previous oil seal had gone very hard and slightly brittle.

I did a quick job with a right angled seal pick and some tissue paper but it wasn't perfect. The driveshaft is right in the way, and the coolant pipes are too short to allow serious manoeuvring.

I've only driven it twice since replacing so hard to tell if the leak is stopped, hopefully it has...

Don't forget to reconnect the oil pressure light switch

uberNoobZA · Post by **uberNoobZA** » Tue Mar 06, 2018 3:07 pm

I've given my lude a good long (and hard) drive since doing this and can confirm that there is definitely no longer a leak from here, and the engine no longer smokes with oil dripping onto and burning on the exhaust. It also doesn't smell of something burning

I agree that it's MUCH easier to get this job done by jacking up the car more than just a few notches on your axle stands. Also, so minimize the amount of oil that comes out of the cooler, jack the rear and front of the car to the same height.

Post by **vanzep** » Wed Mar 07, 2018 9:00 am

glad you got it fixed

be carefull when moving the oil cooler about as ive had to replace the short coolant pipes that go either side of it as they can perish a bit from being soaked in oil

Ludebob95 · Post by **Ludebob95** » Wed Mar 07, 2018 1:47 pm

I feel your pain doing it on axle stands! It's awkward enough on the ramp. I don't think my pressure switch is leaking but I'll did outonce I've put this back together.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed Mar 07, 2018 9:06 pm

Glad you got it sorted.
Sorry haven't been on the forum much this year otherwise I would have pointed you at my thread - top marks to the other guys for remembering and finding it

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