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[idlethumbs]

After a favour from a fellow spi engined mini owner. I've taken the coolant pipes off and can't remember how they go back on!!! Lol! Could someone check the below for me please? I think the 3 way piece fits the back of thermostat housing, the heater matrix control and the top pipe of the inlet manifold? And also that it's the left hand heater matrix pipe that goes on the other side of the heater matrix control? That then leaves the other pipe being water pump, rad bottom hose, lower inlet manifold pipe and right hand heater matrix pipe (looking from front of car) through bulkhead with a plastic joiner between them?

Many thanks for anyone's help

[xrocketengineer]

This should help:

 

 

 

Don't get confused with the extra air conditioning "snakes" in the pit. The return hose for the heater (no heater control valve) connects to the bulkhead hose with a zigzag piece of black pipe. You can see the pipe coming out of the bulkhead hose below the relays and making a turn to the right (on the picture) passing behind the A/C line with black gunk and then turning towards the radiator and connecting to the engine hose. The pipe might be straight for your model since there are no A/C components. All the hoses are the same for the either model regardless of A/C or not.

 

Edited by xrocketengineer, 06 April 2016 - 02:16 AM.

[idlethumbs]

Perfect. Thankyou

[xrocketengineer]

Hopefully, it will look simpler than this when you are done:

 

[FAZ]

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Edited by FlyingScot, 07 April 2016 - 07:06 PM.
Unnecessary profanity

[FlyingScot]

*****^^ 

Aye try working on one of those babies......got the same set up myself but not as clean.....

FS