Oil pipe advice

[Joyceyboy]

Alright chaps, started doing some winter work on the cerb. First stop was the leaky oil hose that feed round the sump and up to the oil cooler. (Not sure why it does this) Once I removed the offending pipe "see photo" I realised that I could re attached the pipe without having to route it round the back of the sump. Does anyone know why this might of been done?

Looks very home made


With the leaky hose removed

[ukkid35]

Far from original fit. I will eventually get a pic of the OEM item for you to see, but it's quite likely someone else will get there first.

[pmessling]

This is mine. I have replaced the hose, but it still sits in its oem position. I have some spiral wrap on it to protect it from rubbing as there was evidence of it on the original.

[ukkid35]

The original is a hard line that goes across the front of the sump, with a hose direct to the oil cooler. Peter's arrangement, and perhaps yours as well, I suspect is to facilitate the inclusion of an oil stat.

[pmessling]

That's how mines always been. I was the one who put the oil stat in so definitely not that. What year is the car mines a 2004 perhaps it's changed at some point

[Gray_101]

The oil pipe arrangement is correct on the OP s car.... TVR altered the oil pipes mid production and did away with the thin rubber to metal S shaped pipes which can be found on early cars unless they were up graded by the dealerships