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Re: need help, oil in coolant (bit long)
Historical mailing list
Mon, 18 Jan 1999 19:16:46 EST
Simlest cause could be bad oil cooler. Have yours removed and pressure tested. If it is not that then worry. Ken Wilford Van-Again...
Re: Bus Boys Oil Cooler Kit. .
Historical mailing list - Paul Rogers
Sat, 24 Aug 2013 23:14:23 -0700
...Most of the sandwich > adapter thermostats have limited bypass so some oil always flows through the > cooler. Keep in mind that most oil cooler...
Oil Cooler Location opinions
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:28:57 -0500
Up for your scrutiny my oil cooler ideas. All points of view are welcome. Background: I have a 112hp dj-code WBX in my...
Re: Oil cooler for 81 Westy
Historical mailing list
Wed, 19 Jun 1996 18:59:44 -0400
does nayone have pics of how to mount a cooler by the transmission. sam 70 westy
Re: Oil Cooler
Historical mailing list - Skip Emmert-Keaton
Thu, 22 Apr 2004 10:35:19 -0700
...Oil Cooler >I have an 81 Air Cooled and would like to install an aux oil cooler, but >have never found a decent, safe...
Re: Massive oil leak at oil cooler/block interface - 87 westy
Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
Tue, 25 Feb 2003 09:27:42 -0700
Sounds like its the oil cooler o ring. Its a $3 o-ring available from VW-specialist parts places. It fails in cold weather...
Re: RX7 oil cooler, anybody else install one?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Wed, 29 May 2002 01:17:04 -0500
...Since all oil passing this location is bypassing the cooler it indicates the temp in the pan per-se. The thermostat is supposed to...
Re: 2.1 WBX, larger oil cooler availability?
Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
Wed, 16 Oct 2002 08:04:16 -0400
...I bought a bus boys oil cooler, but have not installed it yet, for their directions were non-existent, and it requires mounting the...
coolant bath
Historical mailing list - Mark Brush
Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:07:41 -0400
I just took a nice coolant bath under my 1990 Westy :) Trying to replace the gasket between the oil cooler and engine block (had...
Oil cooler removal questions
Historical mailing list - brian M.
Fri, 9 Jan 2004 10:02:16 -0800
...ring on my oil cooler! Question is- when I go to replace the o ring<when I pull the cooler off, will it puke...
Re: '72 oil cooler seals blown
Historical mailing list - Nato Dean
Mon, 04 Mar 1996 18:35:42 -0600
...While > idling, a co-worker mentioned my oil leak - and it was running out of the > oil cooler area. Looked like water in oil...
Re: oil tooo cool?
Historical mailing list - Jared Roy
Mon, 20 May 1996 11:08:01 -0600 (MDT)
I recently put in an external oil cooler and replaced a piece of missing engine tin. The van was running around 230-250 oil...
Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:32:48 -0500
...I will > say that I've been very happy with the tencentlife external oil cooler kit, > dropped my oil temps to remain around 210F...
Re: Larger Audi a/t cooler fits transporter
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 13 Oct 2012 11:11:17 -0400
...For the engine oil cooler since the engine oil pressure is higher than the cooling system pressure a failure shows as oil in the...
Re: Install extermal oil cooler? Re: Trans fluid in coolant system
Historical mailing list - J Stewart
Thu, 5 Apr 2012 01:54:51 +0000
...Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message ----- > I checked on TheSamba and found an affordable oil cooler, something > that > other cars use, without using the cooling system...
Re: Oil Cooler O Ring Procedure
Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:17:04 -0500
...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: 2.1 conversion warning--and solution
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Thu, 14 Sep 2000 08:14:58 -0700
I agree with Dennis' assessment here based on my experience with and without the oil cooler on my conversion. Oil is the primary coolant...
Re: Oil overfill -- now what?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 26 Jun 2015 16:13:18 -0500
...is the oil in the cooler will or will not going back to the engine when >> I shut off the engine? thus will it...
Re: Oil Cooler Adapter
Historical mailing list - '80 Westy Pokey
Fri, 1 Jun 2001 15:02:43 -0700
http://www.bus-boys.com/oilcoolingremote.html has everything you'll need. Race-Trim Oil Cooler Systems as well as Oil Filter "Sandwich" Adaptors...
Re: Oil Cooler
Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:52:26 EDT
...was impossible to remove the oil cooler with the hoses attached. Someone posted that they could do it by removing the threaded tube that...
Re: RX7 Aux Oil Cooler install...results Aircooled vanagon
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sat, 29 Jun 2002 08:22:13 -0500
...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: Distributor Woes - One Lives - One Dies
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Wed, 25 Dec 2013 01:10:02 -0600
There seems to be a consensus growing about that oil cooler O-ring! John On 12/24/2013 5:17 PM, mark drillock wrote...
Re: Trip and tire report
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Mon, 6 Jul 2015 20:03:07 -0700
It's funny, but I notice that the German van owners favour the oil cooler rad at the front more than the North American...
Re: Oil overfill -- now what?
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Fri, 26 Jun 2015 11:53:42 -0500
I am not sure what you mean by "not affecting the oil level." Ten Cent Life coolers and associated plumbing hold about 1/2...
Re: 88 GL - Oil Cooler R&R
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Thu, 9 Jan 2014 01:02:04 -0600
...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: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Sat, 9 Apr 2011 07:39:30 -0700
...I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . . > > > > ...I might as well look into rigging an oil pressure gauge. Anyone got...
Wanted Thermostatic Oil Sandwich Plate for Air cooled 82
Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
Tue, 19 May 1998 09:20:46 -0600
Howdy all, Last week I posted regarding adding an auxiliary oil cooler in my 82 Vanagon Westfalia. Thanks for all the responses. They have...
Re: External oil cooler, Help overheating
Historical mailing list - Russell, William
Tue, 12 Aug 2003 14:14:03 -0400
...External oil cooler, Help overheating Can't help you, but I can tell you that I had an 81 Westy and I had a...
Re: The value of instrumentation
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Sat, 27 Oct 2018 08:21:06 -0700
...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: Oil leak pinpointed?
Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
Sun, 30 Jul 95 14:40:39 PDT
...Hopefully someone with more Type IV > experience knows of a way to tighten the oil cooler without pulling the > engine. > The oil cooler and...
Re: I shared "Oil Cooler Vanagon Air Cooled" with you in OneDrive
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 16 Apr 2017 19:13:21 +0000
...Air needs to get for the cooler element to empty. Doing normal oil changes this really isn't an issue. Oil cooler thermostats are...
Re: oil cooler
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Tue, 1 Apr 2014 10:16:20 -0500
...Checking to see if anyone has experience mounting an oil > > cooler in the right (passenger side) air scoop. > > Model is an '83 Westy, came...
fwd: Re: Re.: Synthetic oils
Historical mailing list
19 Aug 94 14:59:00 EDT
...Forward Text: (8 lines follow) My 87 Syncro has an oil cooler. It is a oil-to-water exchanger that is part of the...
Re: Oil Cooler Dripping Oil 90 Carat
Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
Sun, 17 Mar 2002 18:17:30 -0800
...Should be - it could be an oil cooler out of a different year / model VW or Audi. They have had pretty much the exact...
Re: Oil temp
Historical mailing list
Wed, 10 Apr 1996 12:10:45 -0400
...Any good oil cooler (I would think) should have a pressure relief valve or something to prevent the oil from flowing through it when...
Re: Fwd: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 24 Oct 2017 20:05:49 -0700
...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: External oil cooler, Help overheating
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Tue, 12 Aug 2003 11:00:14 -0700
Can't help you, but I can tell you that I had an 81 Westy and I had a full flow oil cooler on...
Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:31:12 -0500
...Or am I just trying to over engineer >something? Anyone with experience with an auxiliary oil cooler >might know if I am trying to...
Re: Oil Cooler Adapter
Historical mailing list - Patrick Callaghan Jr.
Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:49:57 -0700
...Oil Cooler Adapter > I am considering a second oil cooler for my 81 air cooled, and have > found all kinds of adapters for every...
Re: How does coolant circuit to oil cooler work?
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Sat, 8 Sep 2012 16:03:25 -0400
...Means no flow through the oil cooler cirucit when things >are cold, >and 'some' ...like 1/3 of 1/4 of what's coming...
Re: More oil cooler
Historical mailing list - Skip Emmert-Keaton
Wed, 28 Apr 2004 09:25:42 -0700
As I was looking for adapters to replace the oil filter for my oil cooler, I see there are a couple of different types...
Re: Source for small auxiliary coolant pump? (oil cooler idea!)
Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
Mon, 8 May 2000 16:15:39 -0500
...I figure this should >be a lot less strain on the oil system than running an air cooled oil cooler >up front, with 30...
Re: VW oil cooler..
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Fri, 20 Oct 2017 09:39:09 -0400
...I was amazed, > going on you tube, at the sheer number of videos dealing with oil in the VW > coolant from failed stock coolers...
Re: 88 GL - Oil Cooler R&R
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sat, 4 Jan 2014 14:29:18 -0800
...Does the big nut threaded on the pipe though the oil cooler > have to come off before the pipe itself can be backed out...
Re: I shared "Oil Cooler Vanagon Air Cooled" with you in OneDrive
Historical mailing list - Christophe Guilbert
Sun, 16 Apr 2017 13:05:52 -0700
...Air needs to get for the cooler element to empty. Doing normal oil changes this really isn't an issue. > > Oil cooler thermostats are...
Re: 2nd Oil Cooler...
Historical mailing list
Wed, 19 Jun 1996 18:48:24 -0400
I think a second oil cooler can do no harm. remeber that the original VW only generated a small amount of power and cinsequently...
Re: Install extermal oil cooler? Re: Trans fluid in coolant system
Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
Fri, 6 Apr 2012 07:55:23 -0700
Do you have any links or info on the van cafe/german transaxle at cooling system? Have always installed an external oil cooler on...
Oil Cooler for 2.1 WBX
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Madsen
Fri, 1 Jun 2001 18:12:04 -0400
Have anyone installed an Oil cooler rad for a 2.1 WBX - any benefits doing this? Thought it may be a nice addition as...
Re: Sandwich oil cooler adapter question
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 21 Sep 2001 09:51:30 -0500
...Sandwich oil cooler adapter question > > > > > Those are not check valves. they are bypass valves which only get > used if > the oil filter or cooler...
Re: Extra Oil cooler?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:57:24 -0700
...I enjoy fabricating relatively simple straightforward mechanical systems such as an additional oil cooler.. I keep in mind that an extra system adds complexity...
Re: Aux. Oil Coolers
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Sat, 16 May 1998 20:39:40 -0700
At 08:02 PM 5/16/98 -0700, Joseph Tu wrote: >oil reallly hot, even though it has the oil cooler I reckon the...
A tiny overfill of oil -- enuff to worry about?
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Sun, 11 May 2014 16:59:44 -0700
1.9L, with a tencentlife oil cooler setup. I changed the oil today, as I do every spring, from the winter blend to the...
Re: Cold starting oil report Mobil 1 15w-50
Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
Tue, 26 Jan 2016 13:15:39 -0500
...I had a '78 BMW 635csi that had low oil pressure so I ran 20w50 Castrol in the summer and locked the oil cooler...
Re: The value of instrumentation
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Sat, 27 Oct 2018 14:55:40 -0300
...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: External oil cooler, Help overheating
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:48:06 -0600
...Bob Stevens '87 Syncro Westy Would anyone have how to hook up a external oil cooler to a 80 Westy, mine run a little...
oil cooler and misc
Historical mailing list
Fri, 21 Jun 96 09:53:44 EDT
...c) On oil cooling: Last weekend I pulled out the secondary oil cooler. The cooler was situated above the tranny had a fan on...
Re: Oil Cooler
Historical mailing list - Mark Brush
Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:12:29 -0400
...It was impossible to remove the oil cooler with the hoses attached. Someone posted that they could do it by removing the threaded tube...
Re: Auto trans cooler ATF leak
Historical mailing list - mike boland
Sun, 23 Mar 2003 07:29:45 -0600
correct sealing washers for AT oil cooler are: # 089-409-069 you'll need 4 and correct banjo bolts are # 090-409-067 you...
Re: Oil cooling..
Historical mailing list - Dave Mari
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:55:09 -0800
If anyone is looking for a really nice oil cooler, I have one from BAT see main link in Dons email below. Its a...
looking for advice
Historical mailing list - dawn
Fri, 11 May 2001 15:54:02 -0700
putting a 92 Cabriolet engine into my 88 vanagon the 92 engine has no oil cooler on the engine but i have an oil...