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How To Install - Mishimoto 2001-2005 Subaru WRX Direct Fit Oil Cooler

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00:00:07.799 00:00:07.809 hey don't guys I'm Matt Walden here with
00:00:10.240 00:00:10.250 Mishimoto and a 2003 subaru WRX today
00:00:13.810 00:00:13.820 I'm going to be showing you guys how to
00:00:14.860 00:00:14.870 install the Mishimoto Direct Fit oil
00:00:17.410 00:00:17.420 cooler kit this is better than anything
00:00:19.300 00:00:19.310 else on the market it bolts directly on
00:00:21.310 00:00:21.320 the front end of your car and it's gonna
00:00:22.690 00:00:22.700 help keep those oil temps down on and
00:00:24.640 00:00:24.650 off the track first we're gonna talk
00:00:29.320 00:00:29.330 about why you need an oil cooler kit on
00:00:31.510 00:00:31.520 your WRX this is your car without an oil
00:00:35.229 00:00:35.239 cooler kit and this is your car with the
00:00:44.049 00:00:44.059 oil cooler kit some tools required for
00:00:47.889 00:00:47.899 the installation of the Mishimoto WRX
00:00:50.620 00:00:50.630 direct fit oil cooler kit are Phillips
00:00:53.530 00:00:53.540 head screwdriver flat head screwdriver
00:00:55.299 00:00:55.309 ten millimeter socket twelve millimeter
00:00:57.340 00:00:57.350 socket extension and ratchet crescent
00:01:00.490 00:01:00.500 wrench up to one inch twenty seven
00:01:02.500 00:01:02.510 millimeter socket extension and ratchet
00:01:05.219 00:01:05.229 five millimeter allen key ten millimeter
00:01:08.020 00:01:08.030 wrench
00:01:08.670 00:01:08.680 straight and right angle panel tools
00:01:11.609 00:01:11.619 extra oil and teflon tape installation
00:01:15.520 00:01:15.530 is about two hours and a three out of
00:01:17.530 00:01:17.540 five on the scale of difficulty
00:01:23.000 00:01:23.010 first step is to jack up the car before
00:01:25.560 00:01:25.570 doing any work on your car make sure
00:01:26.760 00:01:26.770 it's completely cooled off and you're
00:01:28.710 00:01:28.720 ready to go
00:01:41.080 00:01:41.090 you've got the car jacked up so I'm
00:01:43.450 00:01:43.460 going removed the lower splash shield
00:01:44.859 00:01:44.869 from the car there's an array of pop
00:01:47.350 00:01:47.360 clips Phillips head screws and maybe a
00:01:51.249 00:01:51.259 couple ten millimeter and twelve
00:01:52.630 00:01:52.640 millimeter bolts here and there after
00:01:54.999 00:01:55.009 you've removed the splash shield there's
00:01:56.620 00:01:56.630 three pop clips that attach the lower
00:01:59.020 00:01:59.030 bumper to the actual crash support and
00:02:01.960 00:02:01.970 metal structure behind it remove these
00:02:05.080 00:02:05.090 at this time
00:02:15.710 00:02:15.720 after you've got those removed reached
00:02:18.740 00:02:18.750 up way inside of the wheel well and grab
00:02:21.980 00:02:21.990 the two right in the corner up here
00:02:31.369 00:02:31.379 moving right along we're gonna go ahead
00:02:33.589 00:02:33.599 and you press the little pop tabs in
00:02:35.690 00:02:35.700 here in the front grill area should hear
00:02:39.259 00:02:39.269 a click when they come out and we'll
00:02:41.239 00:02:41.249 lightly pull on it therefore across the
00:02:44.360 00:02:44.370 top and there's two hidden ones down in
00:02:47.360 00:02:47.370 there that you'll be finding out right
00:02:50.089 00:02:50.099 after you pop the four out
00:02:54.320 00:02:54.330 00:02:58.830 00:02:58.840 we're going to remove these clips on
00:03:01.199 00:03:01.209 either sides of the headlights and
00:03:03.740 00:03:03.750 remove the headlight finisher panels 2
00:03:07.530 00:03:07.540 up top with one snuck down in here and
00:03:12.290 00:03:12.300 this piece will come right off same
00:03:15.330 00:03:15.340 thing on the other side
00:03:19.520 00:03:19.530 alright before the front bumper cover
00:03:21.479 00:03:21.489 can come off we have to remove the
00:03:23.070 00:03:23.080 headlights there's three screws one up
00:03:25.500 00:03:25.510 on the corner of the fender and two in
00:03:27.240 00:03:27.250 the front now that we can get to that's
00:03:31.590 00:03:31.600 three ten millimeter head bolts
00:03:41.000 00:03:41.010 and before the headlights will come all
00:03:42.770 00:03:42.780 the way out unclip the electrical
00:03:45.170 00:03:45.180 connectors by pushing down the lock tab
00:03:47.509 00:03:47.519 and pulling on the connector same on the
00:03:52.190 00:03:52.200 other side
00:04:01.230 00:04:01.240 next we're almost ready to remove the
00:04:02.910 00:04:02.920 front bumper cover and there's a ray
00:04:05.100 00:04:05.110 array of pop clips along the front end
00:04:08.130 00:04:08.140 here one being in the corner of the
00:04:10.590 00:04:10.600 fender the rest being across the front
00:04:14.040 00:04:14.050 and back over the other corner on the
00:04:16.560 00:04:16.570 opposite side fender if you're not sick
00:04:18.660 00:04:18.670 and tired of these pop clips yet you
00:04:20.250 00:04:20.260 will be after all the clips are off I'll
00:04:24.000 00:04:24.010 be careful when you're removing it if
00:04:25.200 00:04:25.210 your WRX is equipped with fog lights you
00:04:27.930 00:04:27.940 will need to disconnect them here simply
00:04:32.010 00:04:32.020 pull on the front bumper cover to remove
00:04:34.890 00:04:34.900 it after the front ends off the car next
00:04:36.900 00:04:36.910 we can begin assembly of the oil cooler
00:04:38.760 00:04:38.770 kit itself first we're going to start
00:04:40.890 00:04:40.900 with the bottom plate this is a air
00:04:42.540 00:04:42.550 diversion plate which funnels air
00:04:44.280 00:04:44.290 directly into the oil cooler
00:04:54.100 00:04:54.110 these are the screws that attach the
00:04:55.899 00:04:55.909 bottom plate to the oil cooler core
00:04:57.490 00:04:57.500 itself both are ten millimeter head on
00:05:01.240 00:05:01.250 the nut side and the bolt side
00:05:11.930 00:05:11.940 next we're going to attach the oil
00:05:14.220 00:05:14.230 cooler lines we have one line with this
00:05:17.400 00:05:17.410 oil cooler kit with a straight fitting
00:05:19.200 00:05:19.210 and a 90 degree fitting the other one
00:05:20.820 00:05:20.830 has two 90 degree fittings the straight
00:05:23.580 00:05:23.590 fitting is going to go on the left side
00:05:25.380 00:05:25.390 if the air diversion plate is pointing
00:05:27.360 00:05:27.370 up the right side will be a 90 degree
00:05:30.390 00:05:30.400 fitting and we'll show you exactly how
00:05:31.830 00:05:31.840 that's done in a second
00:05:41.170 00:05:41.180 straight fittings gonna go on the left
00:05:42.790 00:05:42.800 side 90-degree on the right side
00:05:45.550 00:05:45.560 pointing towards the street fitting all
00:05:52.870 00:05:52.880 right with the air diversion plate
00:05:54.040 00:05:54.050 facing the front of the car oil cooler
00:05:56.200 00:05:56.210 will be installed exactly like this
00:05:57.790 00:05:57.800 straight fitting on the left side 90
00:06:00.219 00:06:00.229 degree fitting on the right side and
00:06:01.920 00:06:01.930 when we go to feed the straight fitting
00:06:04.689 00:06:04.699 line through it's gonna go in between
00:06:06.730 00:06:06.740 the a/c condenser and the radiator
00:06:26.280 00:06:26.290 all right we're almost in and the
00:06:28.230 00:06:28.240 90-degree line is gonna drape right over
00:06:30.660 00:06:30.670 top I'm fine the front bumper crash bar
00:06:33.030 00:06:33.040 and sit down in here like this all right
00:06:37.620 00:06:37.630 before we attach the top bracket to this
00:06:39.540 00:06:39.550 we're gonna go ahead and snug up the
00:06:41.070 00:06:41.080 lines now once everything is in place
00:06:42.720 00:06:42.730 you snug them up beforehand that makes
00:06:45.180 00:06:45.190 it really hard to route these guys last
00:06:51.330 00:06:51.340 step before we install the top bracket
00:06:53.190 00:06:53.200 is to install the split rubber hose on
00:06:56.070 00:06:56.080 the bottom so that we don't rub a hole
00:07:01.440 00:07:01.450 in anything including the core the front
00:07:04.830 00:07:04.840 bumper support or your mom's new china
00:07:07.830 00:07:07.840 set
00:07:14.890 00:07:14.900 once the rubber gaskets on set this guy
00:07:17.800 00:07:17.810 down in there like that and we can fish
00:07:21.070 00:07:21.080 this guy right up in there now the two
00:07:23.770 00:07:23.780 holes that are in the top of this
00:07:25.300 00:07:25.310 bracket line up with the two existing
00:07:27.250 00:07:27.260 holes that are in the chasis of your WRX
00:07:41.670 00:07:41.680 get all the hardware started make sure
00:07:43.800 00:07:43.810 you leave everything nice and loose
00:07:45.170 00:07:45.180 until all the nuts and bolts are in
00:07:47.670 00:07:47.680 their place
00:08:14.950 00:08:14.960 let's all your hardware is in we can go
00:08:16.960 00:08:16.970 ahead and snug everything up
00:08:44.570 00:08:44.580 alright moving down underneath of the
00:08:46.490 00:08:46.500 vehicle here you can see the two lines
00:08:48.019 00:08:48.029 that we've routed above the subframe of
00:08:50.960 00:08:50.970 the vehicle in between the subframe and
00:08:53.300 00:08:53.310 the actual exhaust now keep in mind that
00:08:56.269 00:08:56.279 when we're routing these lines we want
00:08:57.710 00:08:57.720 to keep it far away from this this
00:08:59.509 00:08:59.519 exhaust has already been modified we
00:09:02.030 00:09:02.040 have taken the heat shield off so that
00:09:04.310 00:09:04.320 you can see what we're doing underneath
00:09:05.630 00:09:05.640 up here yours is gonna have a heat
00:09:07.790 00:09:07.800 shield over top of this but you may need
00:09:10.009 00:09:10.019 to modify and/or trim out a little bit
00:09:12.410 00:09:12.420 to get these oil lines rather than the
00:09:14.630 00:09:14.640 correct orientation first thing to do
00:09:17.509 00:09:17.519 after you're underneath the car loosen
00:09:20.060 00:09:20.070 up the oil filter and remove that get
00:09:24.050 00:09:24.060 ready and get a drain pan ready because
00:09:25.670 00:09:25.680 a little bit of oil is gonna come out
00:09:27.740 00:09:27.750 when you do so now if you've been
00:09:29.210 00:09:29.220 following along word for word tool for
00:09:31.040 00:09:31.050 tool part for part these are the things
00:09:33.680 00:09:33.690 that you should have left the oil
00:09:35.540 00:09:35.550 sandwich plate from Mishimoto comes with
00:09:38.269 00:09:38.279 two taps holes in case you're running
00:09:41.000 00:09:41.010 any kind of sensors for temperature
00:09:42.680 00:09:42.690 and/or pressure if you're not running
00:09:45.350 00:09:45.360 any sensors though we would recommend
00:09:47.120 00:09:47.130 that you teflon tape the plugs that come
00:09:49.250 00:09:49.260 with the kit and install them make sure
00:09:52.910 00:09:52.920 you're liberal with the Teflon here
00:10:14.350 00:10:14.360 00:10:24.350 00:10:24.360 00:10:56.680 00:10:56.690 once those are installed we're going to
00:10:58.720 00:10:58.730 install the banjo fittings the banjo
00:11:01.810 00:11:01.820 fittings are gonna face away from the
00:11:03.940 00:11:03.950 rubber oil seal and just make sure that
00:11:07.570 00:11:07.580 you have the gaskets on either sides of
00:11:09.910 00:11:09.920 these the crafty hands at Mishimoto have
00:11:12.850 00:11:12.860 preassembled these from the factory but
00:11:15.130 00:11:15.140 if yours gets disrupted in shipping this
00:11:18.430 00:11:18.440 is how they go to the other bolt seal
00:11:21.330 00:11:21.340 banjo and then another seal
00:11:31.629 00:11:31.639 the Mishimoto oil sandwich plate goes
00:11:35.240 00:11:35.250 rubber o-ring towards the engine apply a
00:11:39.499 00:11:39.509 thin coat of oil on that rubber o-ring
00:11:41.509 00:11:41.519 the oil filter adapter screws into the
00:11:47.569 00:11:47.579 original oil filter threads
00:11:54.350 00:11:54.360 00:12:05.380 00:12:05.390 using a 27 millimeter socket go ahead
00:12:09.940 00:12:09.950 and tighten up the adapter plate
00:12:26.540 00:12:26.550 and also the banjo fittings
00:12:32.800 00:12:32.810 all right now that everything's
00:12:34.610 00:12:34.620 tightened up we can go ahead and install
00:12:35.990 00:12:36.000 the lines they can be installed in any
00:12:38.030 00:12:38.040 order it doesn't matter which one it
00:12:40.010 00:12:40.020 goes to just do not use any teflon tape
00:12:42.890 00:12:42.900 on these fittings this is considered a
00:12:45.350 00:12:45.360 public service announcement
00:12:46.700 00:12:46.710 no teflon tape on a engine
00:13:15.700 00:13:15.710 00:13:25.700 00:13:25.710 00:13:46.850 00:13:46.860 all right we're gonna reinstall the oil
00:13:48.530 00:13:48.540 filter to make sure you replace any heat
00:13:51.350 00:13:51.360 shields that have been removed off of
00:13:53.420 00:13:53.430 the exhaust pipe at this time make sure
00:13:55.730 00:13:55.740 these oil lines here do not come in
00:13:58.670 00:13:58.680 contact with the exhaust header that
00:14:01.190 00:14:01.200 happens you'll have a very big problem
00:14:02.600 00:14:02.610 if that is a possibility we recommend
00:14:05.000 00:14:05.010 that you I wrap them back to the
00:14:06.740 00:14:06.750 subframe of the car next after
00:14:09.170 00:14:09.180 everything's wrapped up underneath with
00:14:10.760 00:14:10.770 the exception of the splash guards
00:14:12.400 00:14:12.410 reinstall the front bumper remembering
00:14:17.030 00:14:17.040 to plug in the fog lights
00:14:34.309 00:14:34.319 pre-install all the pop clips along the
00:14:36.650 00:14:36.660 front end of the vehicle
00:14:45.710 00:14:45.720 00:14:50.950 00:14:50.960 next reinstall the headlights
00:14:55.700 00:14:55.710 00:15:33.910 00:15:33.920 next reinstall the headlight finisher
00:15:36.220 00:15:36.230 brackets
00:16:03.530 00:16:03.540 and last but certainly not least the
00:16:06.380 00:16:06.390 front grille couple more pop clips up
00:16:11.810 00:16:11.820 here
00:16:12.170 00:16:12.180 and the front end is almost back
00:16:13.730 00:16:13.740 together keeping your car in good health
00:16:15.470 00:16:15.480 starts with making sure the oil cooler
00:16:17.150 00:16:17.160 kit fittings are tight on every single
00:16:19.040 00:16:19.050 oil change this is very important it
00:16:21.050 00:16:21.060 must be checked for any leaks almost
00:16:23.540 00:16:23.550 every time that you do an oil change on
00:16:25.400 00:16:25.410 the car after the car has been started
00:16:29.840 00:16:29.850 and you verify that there aren't any
00:16:31.400 00:16:31.410 leaks double check the oil level because
00:16:33.770 00:16:33.780 adding some may be required since the
00:16:36.110 00:16:36.120 oil cooler will use up to a quart of
00:16:38.450 00:16:38.460 additional oil
00:16:51.940 00:16:51.950 that concludes the Mishimoto direct-fit
00:16:54.430 00:16:54.440 oil cooler install the 2003 WRX enjoy
00:16:58.509 00:16:58.519 your Mishimoto products
00:17:22.199 00:17:22.209 you

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