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Re: AC While Camping
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:57:28 -0400
...When I lived in a dry climate I used >a swamp cooler instead of AC and liked it much better. A little moisture In...
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...
External oil cooler help
Historical mailing list - phil cain
Sat, 2 Aug 2003 21:34:39 -0700
Could someone who has the pictures and procedures of how to install a external oil cooler on a 80 Westy with a 2.0...
Re: Temps in the 100s today, need ideas on extra cooling
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Sun, 20 Jun 2004 19:43:27 -0400
...intalling a cooler thermostat for summer and keeping rpm up will increase coolant flow. more work than installing a cooler thermostat and normal system...
Re: auxillary oil cooler
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Sat, 7 May 2005 10:56:48 -0600
Jake wrote: "Anybody out there have experience with auxillary oil coolers on air cooled engines?" No Jake, I don't. But, for what it...
oil cooler replacement pics
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Fri, 17 Jun 2005 16:05:43 -0700
If you have ever wondered what the inside of the stock oil-water heat exchanger/cooler/whatever looks like, wonder no more. I cut...
Re: Busted water pump and an extra nut
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:11:30 -0500
...It's got ears! The old > oil cooler o-ring was perfectly round (though squished flat and stiff) but > the new o-ring has...
Re: Swamp cooler, old threads never die
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Wed, 25 Aug 2004 20:12:56 -0700
Mike, I use a swamp cooler from Home Depot when I'm working under my vans here in Phoenix. It's very effective in...
Re: oil cooler
Historical mailing list - Chris S.
Thu, 3 Apr 2014 12:39:41 -0400
...You will have to figure out how much extra oil you will need to make up for additional hose and cooler capacity. It's...
Re: Milestone
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Sat, 26 Jan 2019 14:26:10 -0800
Ten cent life (you can find him by google) in New Mexico offers a very nice oil cooler that goes in the D pillar...
Re: Remote Oil Filter/Oil Cooler Hose
Historical mailing list - Dave Caston
Tue, 3 Oct 2000 14:03:44 -0400
...And unless you tow or pull BIG hills regularly why the need for the oil cooler? Just a another project? Just MHO. Cheers, Dave...
Re: oil spray on startup when very cold
Historical mailing list - Bill H.
Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:12:40 -0800
I had an oil leak in the same general area and the consensus on the list was a leaking oil cooler o-ring. I...
Jim- Oil leak revisited
Historical mailing list - Chris Dixon
Tue, 5 Jul 2005 01:23:20 EDT
...If your oil cooler ring is doing this, it could have your symptoms. Van heats up, oil cooler ring expands, and no leak. Cools...
Major oil leak help!
Historical mailing list - Doug F
Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:24:28 -0800
...Suggestions? Oil pump cover? Oil cooler O ring blew? Oil is literally pouring out now when it runs it's like you have a...
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: 4th heater core burst in 1 year!
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 13 Jul 2001 18:32:58 -0500
...On Fri, 13 Jul 2001 19:13:10 -0400 Paul Cavanaugh <phonyexpress@IWAYNET.NET> writes: > Hi Leon, > > I have lost two trans coolers, so...
Re: Milestone
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Sat, 26 Jan 2019 09:34:39 -0800
...there's another option is the Vanistan oil cooler (Chris Corkin) https://intrepidoverland.com/shop/deluxe-oil-cooler-kit/ works very well... pricey though...
Tranny cooler hoses
Historical mailing list - John M. Moore
Sat, 24 Mar 2001 22:17:48 EST
Has anybody replaced the tranny cooler hoses by themselves? Is it possible? What problems are there in doing so? I have an 84 Westy...
Oil cooler upgrade for WBX 2.1L
Historical mailing list - Wolfburger
Mon, 3 Mar 2003 20:37:22 -0800
...Is the cooler from Dieselgeek, a good option? How much work is this to install? Is this worth the money? http://www.dieselgeek.com...
External oil cooler, need help
Historical mailing list - phil cain
Sun, 3 Aug 2003 13:36:15 -0700
Could someone who has the pictures and procedures of how to install a external oil cooler on a 80 Westy with a 2.0...
another take on fridge solutions (LVC)
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:42:37 -0800
Rolex award winner and his adaptation of traditional pottery to make functioning "swamp cooler" type cooler for foodstuffs. Maybe a bit heavy for Vanagons...
Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Sat, 9 Apr 2011 09:25:12 -0400
Here's my oil cooler/gauge setup. I'm running a dual-pole sender. Because the sender's low pressure side cutoff is higher...
Re: Anyone have experience with the F.A.S./GTA Auto trans cooler?
Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
Fri, 22 Jan 2016 11:46:18 -0800
...I know coolers have been discussed here before, but I've not seen anything on this cooler: http://www.foreignautosupply.com/parts-accessories/1...
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: Smelly Heat
Historical mailing list
Tue, 04 Mar 1997 09:50:57
...If it's on the left, it could be either of the above, or the oil pressure switch, or the oil cooler and/or...
Re: Oil temp musings and hairbrained ideas
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:58:40 -0500
I have an oil-cooler on my air-cooled van. You'll hear a opinions on both sides with this question and I typically...
Re: Oil temp. ? and OP ?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 5 Oct 2010 13:05:57 -0700
...lf you page around you will find a tab for Porsche coolers. Mocal, Tilton, and all the fittings you could ever want. Braided oil...
Re: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care!
Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
Sat, 24 Aug 2002 00:26:20 +0100
...I made some simple ducting to make sure that > the only source of air over the cooler is from the scoop, down the snorkel...
Re: Cooler Seat for the Eurovan MV Weekender package
Historical mailing list - Thomas
Mon, 10 Apr 1995 10:22:20 -0500
...On Mon, 10 Apr 1995 RGOLEN@umassd.edu wrote: > > How much do you want for the seat/cooler unit? I'd be interested > in...
Re: Westy - 2nd battery
Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
Sun, 4 Apr 1999 16:07:55 -0500
...It came with table, cabinets, poptop, dometic > "cooler" (110/Cigarette Plug), the shredded cordouroy and an auxiliary battery. > > JW > and: My 86 Westy Wolfsburg...
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: Oil Temperature??
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Fri, 25 Sep 2015 19:59:06 -0600
...Eng' Coolant WarmsUp ConsiderablyFaster than the Oil, So the OEM Oil "Cooler" helps to Warm the Oil Up Quicker & Then Helps to Cool the...
Re: Missimg mail
Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
Thu, 25 Jun 2015 21:51:48 -0500
...pictures of a device - a >> cooler or a sender - that goes beween the oil filter and the oil cooler. I >> want to look at...
swamp cooler wanted..
Historical mailing list
Wed, 13 Apr 1994 15:04:51 +0800
I am trying to locate a so called car swamp cooler. I believe that these were manufacture by Firestone in perhaps the 40s, maybe...
Aftermarket Oil cooler on Type 4
Historical mailing list - JOHN REYNOLDS
Thu, 7 Jun 2001 21:54:04 -0400
Anyone out there put an aftermarket oil cooler on a type 4 motor? The vechicle in question is a 81 Vanagon, Cailifornia edition. Bus...
Sandwich oil cooler adapter question
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 20 Sep 2001 19:08:54 -0500
I just finally got around to installing the axillary oil cooler on my 83 Westfalia Air Cooled. I installed the additional cooler by using...
Re: fwd: Re: Re.: Synthetic oils
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Fri, 19 Aug 94 15:58:17 CDT
...the cooler way up front in the air-stream made the oil TOO cool: it never warmed up. so they had to move the...
Re: What do you use solar or an aux battery for?
Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
Wed, 24 Jun 2015 15:58:51 -0400
...Camping is just fine with a coleman stove and propane bottle on a little table outside the van + cooler. My westfalia spends about 3...
replacing hoses on oil cooler
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Mon, 9 May 2011 21:58:20 -0400
...Seems like I remember people saying to cut the hoses and remove the oil cooler to do it? Any other critical tips? Is it...
Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:12:11 -0700
...I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler > On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 18:19 -0700, Jake de Villiers wrote: >> An oil cooler...
Re: Wanted Auto Trans Cooler
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:35:36 -0700
...Wanted Auto Trans Cooler > Trying to help a friend. His Trans Cooler bit the dust. NLA new from > VAG, > so looking for a good...
Re: 12v Aftermarket Coolers ? Any Good?
Historical mailing list - Vince S
Mon, 6 Sep 2004 13:56:55 -0700
...Coolmatic is one cooler with these compressor. There may be other cooler with other compressors that may be cheaper. http://www.waeco.com/pages...
Re: '87 Vanagon GL ATF Cooler
Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:39:24 -0800
...8-) Omits having to install another thermostat to the AT cooler (ATF part) as would be the case with an air-air cooler. With...
Re: oil to coolant coolers, get rid of the one on the automatic transmission!
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Wed, 25 Oct 2017 17:34:00 -0400
...I know a oil cooler is being added to my Automatic transmission but I don’t know the type! I’m sure it will...
Re: Mazda RX-7 oil cooler into the Vanagon 1.9 turbodiesel
Historical mailing list - karl
Sat, 23 Oct 1999 10:03:12 -0400
...Mazda RX-7 oil cooler into the Vanagon 1.9 turbodiesel > Cooler ?/??????////???.... to cool WHAT? > > Eric 86-VW4x4 > vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z > Pittsburgh...
Re: oil leak above the oil filter.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 30 Jun 2005 09:53:09 -0400
...Then you can reach behind the cooler to replace the ring. Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM> Date: Thursday, June 30...
Re: Oil cooler installation 2.1 L WBX
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Thu, 1 Oct 2015 13:58:04 -1000
...With the cooler in place, which of the cooler pipe stubs >> does that direct water pump pipe hook to? I've new short hoses...
Re: Type 4 heavy duty oil pump advise for mounting the oil cooler in the front.
Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
Wed, 21 Mar 2018 01:05:24 -0500
...Dear list I am getting rid off my oil cooler by using a oil bypass with a cooler mounted in the front. There's...
Re: Type 4 heavy duty oil pump advise for mounting the oil cooler in the front.
Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
Wed, 21 Mar 2018 01:06:35 -0500
...Dear list I am getting rid off my oil cooler by using a oil bypass with a cooler mounted in the front. There's...
Re: Oil Temperature??
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Fri, 25 Sep 2015 15:39:09 -0500
I have a tencentlife external oil cooler on a 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile with original 2.1, manual transmission, 179K miles. Before the...
Re: coolers from swampy.net
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:32:04 -0500
Swamp Coolers work very well in the hot arid climates. I had one on my house when I lived in Espanola', NM. My unit...
Re: Water pump - now oil cooler 2.1 L WBX
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 5 Oct 2015 16:24:04 -0500
...Thanks, John On Oct 5, 2015 01:16, "SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )" < scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > I would install the oil cooler, and...
RE: engine swap\oil cooler
Historical mailing list - David Kirk
Mon, 31 Jul 1995 11:19:56 -0700
--- mail from GDURSTEW@oimb.uoregon.edu > i just read in muir's that he suggests replacing the oil cooler every > time >you pull the...
2.1 WBX, larger oil cooler availability?
Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
Tue, 15 Oct 2002 14:40:39 -0700
...about an aftermarket oil cooler, with larger cooling capacity, for the 2.1l WBX engine. My use of the achieves provided no clues. Any...
External oil cooler, Help overheating
Historical mailing list - phil cain
Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:38:51 -0700
Would anyone have how to hook up a external oil cooler to a 80 Westy, mine run a little hot on the hills in...
Re: oil leak above the oil filter.
Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:52:59 -0500
...It doesn't appear to be either of the two hoses It looks like it's just above the little oil cooler box? (is...
WTB 2.1-style oil cooler
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 12 Jun 2005 21:37:42 -0500
Anyone have the oil-to-water exchange otherwise known as an oil cooler they'd part with reasonably? It's for a diesel, but...
Re: RX7 Aux Oil Cooler install...results Aircooled vanagon
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sat, 29 Jun 2002 08:22:13 -0500
...I'm well satisfied with the operation of the RX7 cooler but am thinking of adding a fan of sorts. Since the results of...
Re: Oil cooler upgrade for WBX 2.1L
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:24:54 -0800
The idea is that when you first start, the coolant circulating in the oil cooler will warm up the oil (hence faster warm ups...
Re: Replace trans oil cooler?
Historical mailing list - Daniel Erlandson
Mon, 6 Dec 2004 19:49:23 -0500
...trans cooler leaked and tranny fluid invaded the cooling system. Had the cooler fixed by Cottman, then the cooling system backflushed a few times...