oil cooler blanking plates??

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oil cooler blanking plates??

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Want to remove the oil cooler and bin it because it's in Bad shape, dose anyone make blanking plates for the bottom of the sump, or done this? / made their own?/ got a solution. Thanks in advance.
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If you type "oil cooler blanking plate," in the white "Search" box with the magnifying glass at the top right hand corner of the header, then you will find a number of opinions. You can then make your own decision.
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What some people do it use one of the oil pipes that go on the oil cooler in place of the oil cooler....
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There is an oil flow diagram in the manual......................it's most revealing
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CaNsA wrote:What some people do it use one of the oil pipes that go on the oil cooler in place of the oil cooler....
thats what ive got on the track bike...ive got the side panels off at the moment, if i remember ill take a picture.
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Cheers for the help guys New on this forum appreciate your time to reply
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i just had the holes in my sump for the oil cooler welded up. worked fine for a trackday at donnington and 10 races plus quali/testing without exploding. on my old engine i used the original pipes, cut the pipe right down and squashed the ends then welded them, worked ok but welded over looks neater and shouln't corrode like weld will
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"welded over looks neater and won't corrode like weld will" :smt017
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ross46 wrote:"welded over looks neater and won't corrode like weld will" :smt017
haha yeah should have been a bit clearer than that :smt005 welding over the holes in the sump (ali welding) looks much neater than having the original steel pipe folded/welded and the welded sump wont corrode like the welded steel pipes will.
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banner001 wrote:
CaNsA wrote:What some people do it use one of the oil pipes that go on the oil cooler in place of the oil cooler....
thats what ive got on the track bike...ive got the side panels off at the moment, if i remember ill take a picture.
took me a while :D

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Looks like that bike needs a clean!
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not only does it need a clean that is frankly a ludicrous solution to a problem that does not exist
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its temporary until i get some blanking plates cut (soon), it allows me to use the bike in the meantime :wanker
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cargo wrote:not only does it need a clean that is frankly a ludicrous solution to a problem that does not exist
sigh, are you gonna jump on these people as well cargo, some even posted about doing what i did in some of your threads...and you said nothing to them...i assume you are being a :wanker towards me, because you still secretly :smt007 me...

viewtopic.php?f=37&t=14370&hilit=cooler#p107388
viewtopic.php?f=37&t=11271&p=89788&hilit=cooler#p86892
viewtopic.php?f=37&t=10160&hilit=cooler#p83059
viewtopic.php?f=37&t=5392&p=44149&hilit=cooler#p44042

...i could go on...
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could a possible solution be to tap both holes and put bolts straight in with copper washers ie the same idea as the sump plug?
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