...Birken, from your work on the 4JB1/T engines, do all of them have the type of oil-cooler in the photo I'm posting?
https://photos.app.goo.gl/pMUF3PMPs5gVrP7S8
Interference with getting to all of my injectors finally caused me to pull out the pair of cooler lines, and of course the hose and all associated fittings were in poor shape (had to cut the hose to get it out anyway). So while I'm replacing hoses, it's also occurred to me that I might not really NEED the oil-cooler to begin with, though it's probably better to have it than not.
I once had a small leak from some part of it (can't recall whether oil or water) but disassembly and repair made me want to back away very slowly and quietly - I couldn't believe there were not worse leaks, from the way it appeared to be assembled. Seems to me if I'd wanted to delete the cooler entirely, it would have been fairly simple to remove it and still have the oil-filter spin-on setup work almost the same as before, but I stopped short because I don't know how important it is.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/pMUF3PMPs5gVrP7S8
Interference with getting to all of my injectors finally caused me to pull out the pair of cooler lines, and of course the hose and all associated fittings were in poor shape (had to cut the hose to get it out anyway). So while I'm replacing hoses, it's also occurred to me that I might not really NEED the oil-cooler to begin with, though it's probably better to have it than not.
I once had a small leak from some part of it (can't recall whether oil or water) but disassembly and repair made me want to back away very slowly and quietly - I couldn't believe there were not worse leaks, from the way it appeared to be assembled. Seems to me if I'd wanted to delete the cooler entirely, it would have been fairly simple to remove it and still have the oil-filter spin-on setup work almost the same as before, but I stopped short because I don't know how important it is.