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• FS: new five-cylinder SA bell housing, external oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Thu, 1 Jul 2004 20:32:40 -0700
  ...Also, a Setrab oil cooler with SS braided hoses and 'sandwich' thermostat/adaptor, $60. Email me, not the list, syncrowestytd at mindspring dot com...
• Re: oil to coolant coolers, get rid of the one on the automatic transmission!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 25 Oct 2017 18:00:11 -0400
  ...oil to coolant coolers, get rid of the one on the automatic transmission! > > Thanks Stuart, > > Now I’m going to loose sleep over this...
• Re: Oil Cooler and Bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 18:17:00 -0500
  ...Oil Cooler and Bleeding > Just got my hoses from http://www.bus-boys.com/index.htm and gonna put > them in. Pretty easy job...
• Re: Air intake ducting
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Wed, 24 Jan 2018 22:46:39 +0000
  Hi Ken,The oil cooler installation is very effective at controlling my oil temperature, especially on those long steep hills. I have both oil...
• Re: Oil cooler for 81 (and 67) Westy
  Historical mailing list - DOUGLAS
  Wed, 19 Jun 1996 22:26:53 -0700
  Jim Ellis wrote: > > Wedston at Remuse@aol.com was asking about installation locations of plate > type external oil coolers... inside or outside of the...
• Re: Oil Level Min vs Max
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 18 Mar 1998 10:13:10 EST
  ...the cooler readings that one observes when the oil level is less than > maximum, is this the result of genuinely cooler oil OR is...
• Re: oil pressure relief valve leak?
  Historical mailing list - armando guzman
  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 16:44:13 -0700
  ...a combination of water cooler and oil cooler, located between the oil filter and the engine block. the oil filter has to be removed...
• Ticked Off at oil filter adaptors
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:22:08 -0600
  ...If one is simple adding pressure or temperature senders then I don't mind, but if innocent people are adding oil coolers as the...
• Re: 88 GL - Oil Cooler R&R
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 4 Jan 2014 20:04:31 -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: Auto trans cooler ATF leak
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 22 Mar 2003 21:45:34 -0500
  ...Auto trans cooler ATF leak Hi List, I replaced my '90 2.1L auto trans oil cooler and the new cooler leaks ATF where...
• Oil cooler, brake lines, wind wing post
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Wed, 21 Oct 1998 12:27:15 -0700
  ...Oil cooler results: It was replaced because of a leak at the seam - Mr. mechanic says that is often the case with Volkswagens........... 2...
• 20 hours later and a new water pump and a few other things...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 19 Sep 2004 16:32:56 -0700
  ...Water pump " to rt side block hose & new clamps " pipe to rt side block Water pump to oil cooler pipe new hose Installed metal...
• Re: Oil cooler for 81 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jun 1996 03:58:30 -0400
  Weston - I run a similar cooler setup we sell on my 80 Vanagon. Myself, I mounted the cooler up front behind the air grille...
• Re: Repost: Air-cooled vanagon acceptable oil temperature / timing problem?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:17:21 -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: auxillary oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 7 May 2005 11:32:12 -0600
  ...COM> wrote: > Jake wrote: > "Anybody out there have experience with auxillary oil coolers on air cooled > engines?" > > No Jake, I don't. But, for...
• Re: Tranny oil cooler,(homemade kit?)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:28:49 -0500
  ...Tranny oil cooler,(homemade kit?) I mounted mine above the opening at the top of the bell housing. You can feel some breeze there...
• Re: hot and cold
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 26 Jun 95 21:39:07 EDT
  ...John ja@coe.wvu.edu '71 Westy Virginia (no oil cooler), '90 Corrado G60 (afore mentioned cooler)
• Re: Double nut?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 9 Jul 2005 20:46:26 -0700
  ...a target. > <<Getting ready to replace the o-ring on my oil cooler and have > researched the archives and need to know what the...
• Looking for directions oil cooler gasket on syncro
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:11:04 -0800
  Well, it looks like the cold weather has caused my oil cooler gasket to crack and leak. Anybody have directions on how to go...
• Re: Oil cooler installation pictures...
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Fri, 5 Jun 2009 20:30:23 -0400
  ...Idle oil pressure never drops below 10psi. The solar panels charge secondary batteries which power the FM radio, satellite receiver and oil cooler fan...
• Re: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care!
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sat, 24 Aug 2002 00:26:20 +0100
  ...My oil temperature goes down at highway speeds, suggesting to me > that there is more airflow over the cooler. > > I have no fan on...
• Re: What Mini-Projects are going on?
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 18:46:43 -0700
  ...I may take fotos and >make an oil cooler addendum to the website. Will keep you posted. > >Cheers, > >G. Matthew Bulley >Bulley-Hewlett & Associates...
• Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] YIKE! Lost 3 qts oil in 30 sec, messy eng. compartment...
  Historical mailing list - Nate Wall
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 14:26:56 -0400
  Another thought is that the "O" ring on the flange (non-oil filter) side of the oil cooler let loose. --Nate
• Oil in coolent
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:58:54 -0700
  ...I searched the archives and got 1) leaking oil cooler ... any other ideas ? Lloyd in Eureka,CA.
• Re: Questions re:sysnthetic oils
  Historical mailing list - R. Hotchkiss
  Thu, 02 Jan 1997 12:35:13 -0500
  ...synthetic oil in my 71 Super Bug when the ex drove it for 15 miles on no oil at all (blew a cooler hose...
• Re: Major oil leak help!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:40:24 -0600
  > > Oil cooler O ring blew? > I've had it happen, and this is the time of year for it. Jim
• Re: Coolant Leak - 2.1L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 3 Sep 2015 15:56:20 -0700
  ...First remove the oil filter for a better view, but you will probably need to remove the cooler as well. There is just a...
• gex rebuilds
  Historical mailing list - ray hale
  Wed, 05 Jul 95 08:24:13 EST
  ...what do you think about flushing the existing oil cooler and using it again? if i end up replacing oil cooler is the extra...
• Re: WTB 2.1 pieces
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 20:43:19 -0400
  ...WTB 2.1 pieces I am looking to put the oil cooler / heater from a 2.1l on my 1.9l. I have the...
• 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...
• Re: Bus Boys Oil Cooler Kit
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 24 Aug 2013 15:07:19 -0700
  ...Is it an air-type oil cooler ...or ? On 8/24/2013 9:23 AM, Paul Rogers wrote: > Howdy, > I'm thinking about getting...
• Re: Oil in Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 2 Jan 2012 12:54:36 -0800
  ...my first thought was to head gaskets/heads. 'oil cooler seal' won't do it ...but failed internally oil cooler will.. either the engine...
• put on new oilcooler
  Historical mailing list - morrison
  Mon, 24 Jul 1995 19:42:51 -0700 (PDT)
  I just installed a bug-pack 72 plate cooler on my '71 1641cc. Didn't want to spend the money on a full flow...
• Re: Low oil pressure - how to improve
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:12:52 -0700
  well , if you want to 'get more oil pressure' by keeping the oil cooler.. a simple 'patch' cheater way is put in a cooler...
• Re: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 15 Sep 2015 18:56:13 -0600
  ...Finish removing the cooler and replace that oil O-ring. Use good clamps, spring or crimp. For the hose that connects to the oil...
• fwd: Re: Re.: Synthetic oils
  Historical mailing list
  19 Aug 94 16:42:00 EDT
  ...Flow to the > coolers is > thermostatically controlled. Allows flow thru the coolers at about 180 F. > Porsche > also added oil squirters aimed at the...
• Re: Syntheic Oil
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 10:39:52 -0700
  ...My 2.1 and my 4.3L Jimmy, both equipped with oil coolers, have both run cooler since switching despite the more tightly controlled...
• Re: 2.1 WBX, larger oil cooler availability?
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 10:17:44 -0400
  ...2.1 WBX, larger oil cooler availability? > I too looked at the site on this dieselgeek cooler and have questions. > . Perhaps contributions for the...
• Brazilian Oil Coolers
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Jun 1995 10:51:36 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Brazilian oil coolers. This would be the doghouse type that is going on a '71 bus, stock 1600DP. I want a brand new one...
• Re: Transmission Oil Cooler Leaking - Again!
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sat, 16 Apr 2011 04:03:12 -0600
  ...automatic transmission fluid cooler > (with a used one) about a year and a half ago, now again I find > transmission > oil in the coolant...
• Re: Anyone have a 3rd Party External Oil Cooler or Transmission Cooler installed?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 19 May 2009 13:51:00 -0700
  ...The > thermostat opens at around 180 degrees F and the oil temp is normally at > that temperature indicating that the oil cooler works really...
• cooling air cooled vanagon's
  Historical mailing list - Dr. D.W. Carment
  Tue, 19 Jul 1994 16:22:24 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Recently I mounted a second (EMPI) oil cooler on the side of my 82 Westfalia. This amounted to an increase in 10-20 psi...
• Re: Oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:30:51 -0800
  ...Oil leak > My 1st '87 Vanagon was only $500 because of a catastrophic oil leak. I saw > that it was the oil cooler o...
• Re: Oil overfill -- now what?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 26 Jun 2015 09:18:29 -0700
  the oil cooler is connected via a Mocal sandwich adapter which has a temp controlled check valve in it. It supposed to open at...
• Re: Oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 13:59:19 -0500
  ...Oil cooler > Date: Wednesday, October 14, 1998 10:51 AM > > Hello folks, > I saw an ad in a German magazine (VW Scene) for an...
• Re: Oil in the coolant
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 16:26:54 -0500
  Most likely your oil cooler is going bad, and leaking oil under pressure into your coolant. The way I tested mine was that I...
• Re: Oil Splatters in Engine Compartment
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Aug 1995 14:09:12 -0700
  I have the same problem in the single cab but only due to a slight case crack near the oil cooler seals. The oil...
• Re: 1600 air cooled engine build
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Jul 1996 00:20:37, -0500
  Quoting Eugene Palmer ( eugp@uclink3.berkley): >>After reading Jim Busboy's account of the low pressure oil cooler idea, I decided I liked it...
• Re: Re.: Synthetic oils
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Fri, 19 Aug 94 5:58:43 PDT
  > > Do wassreboxers have oil coolers? I thought they did....DC > I haven't noticed one in mine. -- Steven sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com
• Re: Spooked!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 3 Jun 2011 22:55:32 -0500
  ...If adding a oil cooler, you need the thermostat control because running oil too cold is almost as bad as running oil too hot...
• Re: Engine swap: stopped by oil filter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 23 May 2014 19:05:08 -0400
  ...As for the oil cooler versus exhaust I am confused. If the engine was complete with exhaust what did you need to swap? If...
• radiator bleeder location
  Historical mailing list - Brian Ratliff
  Wed, 20 Nov 1996 15:47:31 -0500
  ...vanagon?? Can i use a oil cooler off a gas gti/gl jetta to replace my leaking cooler?? thanks for the much needed help????
• Massive oil leak at oil cooler/block interface - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Kozak
  Tue, 25 Feb 2003 10:27:57 -0500
  ...Looks like its at the oil cooler engine interface but its difficult to tell exactly. Lost about a quart in one minute. Is this...
• Air Cooled Oil Filter Mount to Case Gasket (021-115-359A)
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Michael Gronski
  Fri, 4 Aug 2000 10:52:03 -0400
  ...It would be an easy fix except the top bolt is pretty much hidden by the oil cooler, plus I can't figure out...
• Re: What is the oil flow in a type IV cooler ?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 9 Jun 2019 12:59:37 -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 cooler installation pictures...
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 6 Jun 2009 08:02:53 -0400
  ...Oil cooler installation pictures... 180 degrees F is too low Ken - you won't be boiling off the condensate that's coalesced in your...
• Re: OIL COOLER FILTER SANDWICH PLATE + THERMOSTAT experiences need
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 16 Apr 2017 09:52:38 -0400
  ...I am now concentrating on my secondary oil cooler. > > Recently I bought the empi oil cooler filter sandwich plate, AN8 PTFE > stainless braid hose...
• Re: WTB Oil Cooler bits? For adding to 1.9...
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sat, 20 Aug 2016 21:52:29 -0400
  ...You will need the longer threaded tube, an oil > cooler, and a nut to fit the tube. I can get you the o-ring...
• Re: oil spray on startup when very cold
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:14:10 -0500
  Thanks for the feedback on the oil spray. The O-ring on the oil cooler seems like the best guess judging from the pattern...
• Re: 1991 2.1 - Oil Cooler coolant line blown...
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sun, 3 Jul 2016 23:21:14 -0600
  ...It is what I believe is the return >> line for the oil cooler. Had to pull the oil filter off to get to the...