Hello Mat and Scott,
Earlier in this thread I made this suggestion.
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Originally Posted by SD1too
1. The hose part of the assembly is extremely inflexible. With the oil cooler mounting bolts removed, I was unable to move the cooler sufficiently to provide access to the air conditioning compressor lower bolt (necessary for timing belt renewal). If it's possible to increase the hose's flexibility, that would be a bonus.
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Yesterday I was unexpectedly working on these hoses on a friend's Rover KV6. Unfortunately the reason why the oil cooler cannot be moved is because the 'S' shaped oil pipes (shown in your diagram) lie on top of the sump sandwiched in between the engine and the dipstick tube port. This reminded me that making the hose section more flexible wouldn't help.
However, if the 'S' shaped pipes were replaced by a much longer hose section, that might be the answer. I could provide a photograph to show the installation if that would help.
Simon