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• Oil Cooler seal leaks in extreme cold
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Oil Cooler seal leaks in extreme cold
  October 29, 1987
  Extreme cold weather can harden and split the seal between the engine block and the oil cooler thus creating an oil leak: * An improved...
• Oil Cooler seal leaks in extreme cold
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Oil Cooler seal leaks in extreme cold
  October 29, 1987
  Extreme cold weather can harden and split the seal between the engine block and the oil cooler thus creating an oil leak: * An improved...
• Re: The value of instrumentation
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sat, 27 Oct 2018 10:17:53 -0500
  ...Get home check things out, the oil cooler is > cold. It appears the oil cooler thermostat failed. Job for this weekend! > Anyway, without gauges...
• Re: Vangon Fan Housing
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 2 Aug 94 9:22:13 PDT
  ...My concern is not having to drop the > engine to remove/examine the oil cooler. Presumeably the fan housing must > also be removed to...
• Oil cooler troubles
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:31:13 EST
  ...when i noticed a steady leak of oil from the back side of the oil cooler which ran down the filter. yep the " O...
• RE: Oil Temps, Coolers, and pumps, separated circuits?
  Historical mailing list - Easton Trevor
  Tue, 25 Jun 96 10:52:00 DST
  ...Oil Temps, Coolers, and pumps, separated circuits? |Date: June 25, 1996 10:27AM | |Trevor E. envisions an electric aux oil pump. I would picture...
• Re: Bus Boys Oil Cooler Kit
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 24 Aug 2013 21:54:25 -0400
  I for one am a fan of adding an oil cooler to the Waterboxer. However I still ask the customer why? For moderate driving...
• Can overtightening the oil filter on an 88 cause coolant leaks?
  Historical mailing list - Lee Kouns
  Sun, 3 Nov 2002 08:04:37 -0800
  ...It drips from the corner of the oil cooler and from a nearby drainplug on the engine at a rate of about one drop...
• Re: 88 GL - Oil Cooler R&R
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 9 Jan 2014 01:36:52 -0500
  ...88 GL - Oil Cooler R&R I am almost ready to remove the cooler after my big oil leak. Have new O-ring, new...
• Re: oil cooler for I-4 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
  Mon, 3 May 1999 14:55:27 -0400
  ...My Jetta and my wabbit both ran this oil/coolant "cooler" and while I feel it is better than nothing, I do not believe...
• Re: 88 GL - Oil Cooler R&R
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Sun, 5 Jan 2014 11:32:45 -0500
  ...88 GL - Oil Cooler R&R > > I am almost ready to remove the cooler after my big oil leak. Have new > O-ring, new...
• Re: Whats a Doghouse
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 3 Oct 1995 10:49:39 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I would like to know if I should > put on an external oil cooler. I have heard you don't need one if you...
• Re: Oil Temperature??
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 25 Sep 2015 15:40:47 -0500
  You don't have to pull the engine to install an external oil cooler, though given the miles on your engine, there certainly might...
• Attention TDI Gurus! What is hotter, oil or compressed air?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 24 Nov 2002 21:55:46 -0800
  ...The plan is to use a bigger than stock charge air cooler (Audi 5000 or Saab 900) and an external air cooled oil cooler...
• Oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - J. Stefanovich
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 09:51:34 -0600
  Hello folks, I saw an ad in a German magazine (VW Scene) for an add-on oil cooler system that put a unit between...
• Re: Wierd metal coolant pipe
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 8 May 2005 09:37:33 -0500
  Phil, If your talking about the U-shaped steel tube that runs from the water pump to the top of the oil cooler, I...
• Re: Help! Massive oil leak from behind cooler (2.1)
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 WBXs
  Mon, 27 Dec 2004 18:27:34 +0000
  ...I have a spare updated O ring, a driveway, tools, jack & jack stands and even a spare oil cooler but I'm located in...
• Re: Aux Oil Cooler install...results Aircooled vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 29 Jun 2002 01:19:29 EDT
  ...Now the bypass flow resistance increases, the viscosity is lower and perhaps 25% of the oil makes its way through the cooler radiator section...
• Re: need help, oil in coolant (bit long)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 09:18:57 -0500
  ...the oil cooler is aluminum and was corrode with a small (pit) hole.... but I was NOT getting oil in my coolant... it could...
• Re: Oil block off adapter for WBX
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Sat, 28 Jun 2003 06:51:34 -0400
  ...We have one that > is also thermostatically controlled so the oil gets up to temp before > running to the cooler. > > John > Aircooled.Net Inc...
• Re: Can this do that?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 22 May 2011 21:46:31 -0400
  ...19:09 Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a): > I just installed tencentlife's external oil cooler kit. The instructions > were to...
• Re: Oil Temperature??
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 25 Sep 2015 19:46:30 -0600
  ...I guess that's why people put in oil temperature gauges. If pushed, at high ambient temperatures, no supplemental oil cooler, probably most of...
• Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
  Historical mailing list - steve meassick
  Wed, 25 Oct 2017 13:28:42 +0000
  I have a Glowshift sandwich plate so I can connect oil temperature and pressure sensors. Do any of the oil cooler sandwich's allow...
• oil cooler in front
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Jul 95 14:17:22 PDT
  > Robb@scsc.shasta.cc.ca.us writes: > > I'm going to install an extra oil cooler on my Type IV 73 Westy. > I've...
• Re: Oil in the coolant
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 19:25:17 -0500
  It is probably the oil to water oil cooler that's mounted just above the oil filter. They can fail internally and mix oil...
• TIICo - engine oil cooler and gauges
  Historical mailing list - Spooner, Robert E.
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 14:55:16 -0400
  Any of you TIICo-ites thought about installing an aux plate-type oil cooler? Any ideas on how to do so? I was thinking...
• Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:55:24 -0500
  ...David ---- Jonathan Poole <jfpoolio@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > When adding an external oil cooler I can't easily think of a scenario in > which you...
• 1st spring Vngn Projects
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 07:52:11 -0500
  ...Replaced the "O" Ring on the oil cooler, and replaced the primary coolant tank. Getting the oil cooler off looks easy, but what a...
• Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
  Historical mailing list - Mbob1950
  Wed, 25 Oct 2017 07:51:29 -0500
  ...Seem to keep me to be about 20 degrees cooler oil on long inclines. >> I have replaced the original oil cooler with a late...
• Re: oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sun, 9 May 1999 21:49:56 EDT
  ...Would you suggest an extra >oil pump, this oil cooler has a fan any suggestions on were to install >it? >-------------------------- >I added one last...
• Re: 1991 2.1 - Oil Cooler coolant line blown...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 4 Jul 2016 09:59:14 -0400
  The oil cooler acts as an oil warmer during cold weather and shortly after start up. During high speed/high load operation as the...
• Re: My overflow tank is full of oil!!!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:59:11 -0500
  Ken, So ideally if I do that and start, then any oil coming from the cooler must be leaked into it, right? I did...
• Re: Oil cooler coolant Leak ?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 8 Dec 2009 18:27:32 -0600
  ...Prob leaking. > > The seal behind the cooler is an oil seal. That doesn't prevent water > from leaking from the same general area, but...
• Re: Oil Cooler O Ring Procedure
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:18:38 -0500
  true, but not always a lot of times the oil cooler oring goes bad because of excessive freezing temps and cracks upon start up...
• Oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - David Cooper
  Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:56:56 EDT
  Does anyone out there have a recommendation for an oil cooler for my 82 Westy? Is there a better brand to get? Is there...
• Re: Can overtightening the oil filter on an 88 cause coolant leaks?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 3 Nov 2002 11:49:47 -0500
  ...Sounds like deteriorated O-rings in the cooler. You may want to have your 'mechanic' replace the o-rings during next oil change.. or...
• Subject: Re: coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 12 Feb 1997 15:48:16 PDT
  > > after a drive there develops a puddle of coolant below the oil > filter/oil cooler/water pump. my pump was replaced by the dealer...
• Re: Sandwich oil cooler adapter question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 21 Sep 2001 09:45:07 -0500
  ...Sandwich oil cooler adapter question > > > I just finally got around to installing the axillary oil cooler on > my 83 > Westfalia Air Cooled. > I installed...
• Re: oil cooler for I-4 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 4 May 1999 00:04:26 +0200
  Scott Walker wrote: > I've switched the wabbit to a ten row oil cooler and had a similar idea for > the van but was...
• Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 24 Oct 2017 10:02:15 -0700
  ...I re-used the > ABA cooler from the donor motor. Now, the oil temperature stays good, but > INTERNET rap says the factory coolers often...
• Re: Aux Oil Cooler install...results Aircooled vanagon
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Tue, 2 Jul 2002 14:22:07 -0400
  ...Aux Oil Cooler install...results Aircooled vanagon >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >Yesterday, I finally had a dry day to install my auxiliary oil...
• Re: 2.1 puked coolant near oil filter when hot
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 5 Apr 2010 22:58:08 -0400
  The rubber O-ring on the oil cooler is between the case and the cooler, where an oil would be without the cooler. It...
• Re: 2.1 to 1.9 waterboxer conversion
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 May 1999 18:29:57 -0400
  ...I would try to use the oil cooler for the 2.1 though. The longer stroke makes the oil in these engines very hot...
• Re: WTB Oil Cooler bits? For adding to 1.9...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 20 Aug 2016 23:15:57 -0400
  The oil cooler set up from an 86 and later will require some creativity to fit to a 1.9L. You will need to...
• Tiico Oil Cooler / Aftermarket oil pressure gauges
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Thu, 25 Jul 2002 12:49:47 -0700
  The Tiico oil cooler has two 10mm inputs for adding an oil pressure gauge and an oil temp gauge. I have found electric oil...
• Aux Oil Cooler install...results Aircooled vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 06:53:15 -0400
  Yesterday, I finally had a dry day to install my auxiliary oil cooler from the Bus Boys. This was a very solid unit, and...
• Anyone using a sandwich adapter and oil cooler on their Waterboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Fri, 5 Jul 2002 05:36:40 -0400
  ...cool the motor is running with cooler air temps.............i would like to install an oil cooler on my WBX................ Bus boys has a...
• Re: Double nut?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 9 Jul 2005 21:33:51 -0500
  <<Getting ready to replace the o-ring on my oil cooler and have researched the archives and need to know what the list means...
• Re: Leaky Oil cooler 89 GL
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 13:02:18 EST
  ...I also have the oil coolers themselves available for $99 new. Thanks, Ken Wilford http://www.vanagain.com John 3:16 New Phone (856...
• Re: Bus Boys Oil Cooler Kit. .
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 25 Aug 2013 09:13:45 -0400
  ...Most of the > sandwich adapter thermostats have limited bypass so some oil always > flows through the cooler. Keep in mind that most oil cooler...
• Small Oil Leak 91GL
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:19:36 -0500
  ...Looks like it is coming from behind and maybe above the oil cooler. Can see a rivulet along the square unit that bolts to...
• Re: Help! Massive oil leak from behind cooler (2.1)
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Mon, 27 Dec 2004 21:18:52 +0000
  ...Help! Massive oil leak from behind cooler (2.1) >> >> >> >> >>>Hi folks, >>>developed a big oil leak thats comming from behind the Oil cooler on...
• Install extermal oil cooler? Re: Trans fluid in coolant system
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Wed, 4 Apr 2012 18:27:05 -0700
  I checked on TheSamba and found an affordable oil cooler, something that other cars use, without using the cooling system to mess up the...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 3 May 1997 14:52:55 -0700 (PDT)
  ...1) the oil filter (to measure the temperature after the oil cooler and just before it enters the engine lubrication galleys; 2) the large...
• Re: Oil Cooler seal
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 7 Jan 2005 08:29:09 -0500
  ...Thursday, January 06, 2005 9:20 PM Subject: [VANAGON] Oil Cooler seal > I need some practical instruction on replacing the seal between the block...
• Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Tue, 24 Oct 2017 23:16:59 -0400
  "...Fun Bus had the original cooler removed and replaced with a thermostatically control oil to air exchanger, placed in front of the radiator before...
• Re: Syntheic Oil
  Historical mailing list - Blake C. Thornton
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 17:34:45 -0600
  ...Afterall, if you really just wanted cooler, you would take the thermostat out. But, I'm sure the coolness due to synthetic oil is...
• RE: Oil Temps, Coolers, and pumps, separated circuits?
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 10:27:39 EST
  ...Thus my sending oil all the way to the front grill to an aux cooler has no effect on engine oil pressure, altho it...
• Re: Oil Cooler O Ring Procedure
  Historical mailing list - Jim Quan
  Sat, 24 Feb 2007 16:32:33 -0800
  ...Drain coolent and change lines if you are removing the oil cooler to > > >repair the O ring. > > > > > >2. Just pinch off lines, remove oil...
• Re: ## changing 1990 2.1L waterleaker oil cooler hoses in situ
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 01:20:49 -0700
  --- Laurence Smith <laurence@alanasmith.com> wrote: > Last month on my 1990 I changed the water pump, the > 2 small hoses to > the oil cooler...