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• Re: oil cooler set up
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 8 Jul 2015 20:52:24 -0400
  ...oil cooler set up Dennis, I'm presuming you are attaching short sections of the 1/2 inch ( AN8 ) rubber hoses to the cooler...
• 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...
• Ignition Wire Set Inquiry
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sun, 3 May 1998 08:26:55 -0700
  ...I have found a source for "Ignition Wire Set With Cooler. A part number, 025 998 031 is given. What is a "cooler?" What...
• Re: What kind of AC is this?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 6 Sep 2002 11:29:05 -0600
  "Swamp cooler page" ........or, "Swamp-Thing", not The Thing. Totally Tubular, dude. Bob http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare http://www.thebugbox.com/Swamp_Cooler...
• Re: aftermarket oil cooler question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 21:06:59 -0400
  Thank you for the input....just order my cooler. I will be ordering when I get the funds an IR Thermometer...sounds like a...
• Re: Puking Oil from Oil Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:42:57 -0500
  Richard the Oring above the cooler is toast needs to be replaced Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Golen" <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU> To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: Trip and tire report
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 6 Jul 2015 22:34:46 -0700
  ...As for oil coolers I usually use a 16 plate flat > cooler in front of the radiator/AC condenser. Something like this: > > > > http://www...
• oil cooler and misc
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jun 96 09:53:44 EDT
  ...Last weekend I pulled out the secondary oil cooler. The cooler was situated above the tranny had a fan on top of it, connected...
• Fwd: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
  Historical mailing list - Mbob1950
  Tue, 24 Oct 2017 21:04:33 -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...
• Oil cooler placement?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 18:38:51 -0700
  Ok, ONE more time...: ) I bought the second oil cooler today from the place that was supposed to install it two days ago...: (, now...
• Oil Temps, Coolers, and pumps, separated circuits?
  Historical mailing list - Easton Trevor
  Tue, 25 Jun 96 09:54:00 DST
  With all the talk of coolers, temperatures and location I was inspired by the question about 12v water pumps. How about a totally separate...
• Re: Bus for sale....(which year is best)
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Tue, 14 May 2002 05:33:32 -0700
  ...Earlier (single-port) engines had the cooler within the > shroud and were NOT doghouse). Single-port engines can be retrofitted > with doghouse cooler and...
• Re: Aux Battery: Life span of charged battery
  Historical mailing list - midworld midworld
  Sun, 3 May 1998 23:03:29 PDT
  I Have a colman plugin cooler and on my way to Alaska when I pluged it in to the the lighter outlet all worked...
• Re: Trans fluid in coolant system
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 01:00:29 +0000
  ...Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message ----- > I recommend you get an external cooler, if you can rescue you > automatic > transmission (by best doing 2 oil changes...
• 91 GL Oil Cooler O-Ring replacement
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Boyd
  Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:29:54 -0800
  Just had my tranmission oil changed and the mechanic said my oil cooler needs to have the o-rings replaced. Seems pretty straight forward...
• Re: Synthetic oil (Revisited -- Briefly)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 3 Feb 1996 12:40:38 -0500
  ...Oil cooler sheds heat by design. Oil itself is actually an insulator. That why tube and fin cooler work so poorly. The oil on...
• Re: Aircooled Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:18:26 -0500
  Though I was thinking an external oil cooler would be best suited for hotter climes, yes of course I agree. It's a good...
• Re: Tranny oil cooler,(homemade kit?)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:06:27 -0800
  ...Little flow of air over > > > the cooler under this situation. > > > > > > Brent Weide's web site has fine how-to install a cooler. > > > > > > Link: <http...
• Re: Fridge on 12V
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 30 Aug 2014 09:49:24 -0700
  No reason to measure amps through the cooler because amps to the socket = amps going through the cooler because amps in always equal amps...
• Re: The Cool Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:32:16 -0500
  Try one of the Honey Smoked Ham or Omaha Steak Styrofoam coolers. They're heavy wall and might be a closer fit. They fit...
• Re: External Oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:02:25 -0800
  ...http://www.cip1.com is where I got my sandwich adapters from as well as my oil coolers.� I usually get those cast aluminium...
• Re[2]: Back on heating
  Historical mailing list
  6 Feb 95 13:42
  ...I've heard of the oil-cooler idea before but it would have to be a secondary oil-cooler, beacuse you still need the...
• Re: 88 GL - Oil Cooler R&R
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 4 Jan 2014 17:59:06 -0600
  ...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: Extra Oil cooler?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:20:21 -0700
  ...Extra Oil cooler? > On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 16:03 -0700, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > > [snip] > >> I do like tencentlife's oil cooler...
• Who's got their Bentley handy?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 4 Sep 2004 19:40:24 -0700
  ...I asked about that oil cooler on the 90 AT -- would that be a problem? Fellow said that my 84 has an oil cooler...
• 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: oil light
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 17 Oct 2017 08:28:51 -0700
  ...com> wrote: >> >> > regarding extra oil cooler I use Vanistan oil cooler kit on all my vans >> > >> > http://www.vanistan.com/oil_cooler_kits.html >> > >> > >
• Re: Oil cooler hose replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 18 May 1996 23:16:55 -0400
  ...Removing the cooler only requires removing the nut above the oil filter. Bleeding the cooling system should only take a 1/2 hour or...
• 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: coolers from swampy.net
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:44:32 -0700
  My father had a swamp cooler on the roof of his house in Bisbee, Arizona and it worked very well. When its 115 degrees...
• Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
  Historical mailing list - Mbob1950
  Wed, 25 Oct 2017 07:51:29 -0500
  I have a vanastan cooler in my 91 water boxer 2.3. And similar one from junkyard parts on my 86 Syncro 2.1...
• Re: Oil in coolent
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
  Sun, 19 Sep 2004 00:50:17 -0700
  ...I changed the oil cooler and flushed the cooling system but STILL have oil floating up. That (the cooler) would of been the easiest...
• Re: Dometic Cooler
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:18:05 -0700
  ...Mark chris and/or ruth wrote: > I had the good fortune of finding a Dometic RC2000 mobile cooler (3-way) last weekend at a...
• Re: Need some assistance to see if my mechanic is overcharging me...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:26:55 -0400
  Well it's too late the scoop is on plus I have empi external oil cooler from Small Car as well. Plus I do...
• Re: Engine External Oil Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 19 May 2009 18:23:19 -0600
  My experience with the aux oil cooler was with a SETRAB that had a fan built in, so it was mounted in the base...
• AC
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 16:04:46 -0800
  Hi Volks, I noticed a "swamp" cooler at an A/C shop in SandyEggo. 12VDC. Evaporative cooler. MUCH less energy draw than an AC...
• Oil Cooler and Coolant Hoses
  Historical mailing list - mcm
  Tue, 7 Aug 2001 19:10:05 -0400
  Where is the best place to by a new oil cooler for a 87 Vanagon? I've done some searching on the internet but...
• Re: What is the oil flow in a type IV cooler ?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 9 Jun 2019 11:35:40 -0700
  ...The >> oil bypass is at the stock oil cooler level. There's 2 holes. top and >> bottom . Which one in the supply and return...
• 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: does anyone make the old evaportive window mount coolers anymore?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 15 Mar 2004 09:14:56 -0700
  I've seen the swamp coolers advertised fairly recently - perhaps in JC Whitney? Ron at BD would know. Phaedra Savage put an exhaust fan...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:38:00 -0400
  ...Sump to pump to stock cooler to filter to bearings? Or filter before cooler? Edward At 07:38 PM 7/19/2011, Dave Mcneely...
• Re: Anyone have experience with the F.A.S./GTA Auto trans cooler?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 22 Jan 2016 13:39:56 -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: WTB: Thermostat Controlled Fan for Oil Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:56:28 -0600
  The normal procedure is to put a thermostat in the oil line to the cooler. It is always partially open to measure the temperature...
• 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...
• solar swamp cooler
  Historical mailing list - Laurie Loeb
  Sat, 12 Oct 1996 23:04:59 -0700 (PDT)
  There's a company named Solar Chill in Tucson, AZ that I've been told installs solar swamp coolers in vehicles. I'm interested...
• leaking over oil filter
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Wed, 3 Jun 1998 12:50:25 -0300
  Hi Tom, Above the oil cooler there is an O-ring, perhaps it has quit. Older ones were dullish orange-red, new more flexible...
• Re: Rebuilt Auto Transmission Source?
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sat, 24 Mar 2001 09:28:19 -0600
  What might appear to be a vent leak, may very well be the o-rings leaking at the trans cooler mount, which is at...
• Re: Oil Cooler hose replacement clues on 91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 30 May 2001 11:33:19 -0800
  ...and on the oil cooler all connector nipples are metal so I replaced the spring clamps with stainless screw clamps. BTW, I feel that...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:38:27 -0500
  ...The two differ because the coolant measurement is made at a point where the coolant is cooler than the oil temperature. It would actually...
• 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: Cold Weather Driving
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 26 Dec 96 15:50:22 CST
  the only problem i know of with vanagons and winter is that the seal between the engine and the oil cooler (that silver square...
• Re: RX7 oil cooler, anybody else install one?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 29 May 2002 01:17:04 -0500
  ...I'm very pleased with the cooler and it's a dirt simple install if you get the RX7 cooler with the lines and...
• Oil Temp...
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 18:14:50 -0700
  ...the oil is as hot or hotter than the oil cooler, and the cooler is at coolant temp. so this would mean 196 deg...
• Oil Level Min vs Max
  Historical mailing list - Christopher M. Smith
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 12:12:25 -0800
  ...But the cooler readings that one observes when the oil level is less than maximum, is this the result of genuinely cooler oil OR...
• Swamp Coolers
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 08:54:16 -0700
  Does any one know the URL for the company that makes those neat swamp coolers for RV's....or any other info ... I'm...
• window mounted swamp coolers
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Miller
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:24:33 -0600
  ...I've got 2 vintage window mounted swamp coolers, one with and one without a fan, up on e-bay motors. Item number 2482822954...
• Re: Tencentlife Oil Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 14:04:18 -0500
  ...08 at 11:17 -0500, Dave Mcneely wrote: > > [snip] > > > > I did not like the situation, and ordered a tencentlife oil cooler. > > > [snip] -- David McNeely
• Re: [Inquiry on European Cooler Air, Inc
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Thu, 10 Oct 2002 15:49:02 -0600
  Volks, To piggy back on Warren's input, On schedule to be at European Cooler Air, Inc between Monday 10/14 - 10/21. Plan...
• Re: Oil Buzzer advice
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 23:37:41 -0500
  ...BTW, I do have a tencentlife cooler, and I believe it has mattered to my oil temperature and thus oil viscosity, and thus oil...