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• 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: Mazda RX-7 oil cooler into the Vanagon 1.9 turbodiesel
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sat, 23 Oct 1999 02:15:42 -0400
  Cooler ?/??????////???.... to cool WHAT? Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, karl wrote...
• Re: [Syncro] ran out of Gas...
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 23 Jan 2004 10:46:18 -0500
  ...A friend of mine once described having watched some people try to carry gas back to their car in a styrofoam cooler. He said...
• Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
  Historical mailing list - steve meassick
  Wed, 25 Oct 2017 13:28:42 +0000
  ...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: I shared "Oil Cooler Vanagon Air Cooled" with you in OneDrive
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 16 Apr 2017 19:13:21 +0000
  This size cooler and 25 feet of line round trip take almost another full court. After the initial install some time is needed for...
• Re: Auto Trans Cooler - question
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:14:06 -0400
  Jeff, if the transmission cooler was leaking from the seals it would be leaking Tranny Fluid (ATF) not antifreeze. So either you have a...
• 82 westy, custom modifying circut to run cooler (?)
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:52:50 -0700
  ...So to make the engine run cooler, I put resistance in line with the temp sensor to make the engine think it was hotter...
• Re: What to do with a Dometic RC160E cooler?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 26 Jun 2014 12:38:10 -0400
  That is NOT a thermoelectric cooler. It is absorption just like the Westy. As such it takes along time for the cooling cycle to...
• Re: Coolant/Oil that oil filter interface.. reasons
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:29:58 -0700
  ...As you wrote, it does serve a purpose. > > Don: > > Speaking of larger coolers, there are some that have mounted external > oil coolers. If you...
• Re: Oil Pump removal-Difficult????
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:38:58 -0700
  ...Did you for sure, and completely fix or eliminate the possibility that it's the oil cooler or oil cooler o-ring ? you checked...
• Re: [VW gas I4 Conversions] Extra Oil cooler?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:42:59 -0400
  I have my oil cooler on the drivers side pillar, opposite where Tencent puts his. I installed a small acrylic air dam at the...
• 2.1 Viton Oil cooler Seal??
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 25 May 2011 21:40:07 -0500
  ...ve had several instances where the Oring seal at the oil cooler was leaking. It was doing it again last winter and into the...
• 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: 82 westy, custom modifying circut to run cooler (?)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Thu, 4 Sep 2008 21:49:43 -0400
  ...Thursday, September 04, 2008 7:52 PM Subject: [VANAGON] 82 westy, custom modifying circut to run cooler (?) >I came across this while searching online...
• Re: Major Oil Leak!
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Sat, 2 Feb 2008 13:15:12 -0800
  ...Not impossible, you had the same problem, but usually the trouble is with the seal behind the cooler. For that, the cooler has to...
• Re: [wolfsburg_campers] Portable Dometic 120VAC/12VDC/Propane Refrigerator
  Historical mailing list - rpc
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:39:53 -0800
  I am an MV owner and felt I had to have a 3-way cooler so I could "feel the pain" of the full...
• 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...
• Oil filter flange Coolant/Oil heat exchanger...works.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 17:58:32 -0700
  Not long ago I queried the list about the oil filter-incorporated Oil/coolant cooler that many VW seem to have. My old 1...
• Re: external oil cooler for 82 vanagon? Heating up????
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 May 1996 22:44:47 -0600
  \> >I have an 82 vanagon and I am thinking of installing an exterval oil >cooler. I have a VDO temp guage on the sump...
• Subject: Oil cooler removal questions
  Historical mailing list - mark
  Sun, 11 Jan 2004 15:48:56 -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: 91 GL Oil Cooler O-Ring replacement
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 12 Jan 2005 17:13:44 -0800
  ...I am assuming you are referring to the cooler on the auto tranny based on your question... Two bolts with 17mm heads. Remove them...
• Re: 2.1 WBX, larger oil cooler availability?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 09:08:05 -0500
  I too looked at the site on this dieselgeek cooler and have questions. Do we have among the list membership anyone who is competent...
• Re: Eurovan oil filter Warning
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Sep 1997 11:32:58 EDT
  ...I saw something that I had seen before on Vanagons: > >There is an oil cooler on EV's just like the ones on Vanagons...
• 88 GL Oil Cooler Removal - Internal Wrench Size
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 1 Jan 2014 12:28:04 -0600
  Anyone know the size of the internal pipe wrench that works for removing the oil cooler? I'm about to tackle the job - but...
• Wanted Auto Trans Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:29:41 -0700
  ...His Trans Cooler bit the dust. NLA new from VAG, so looking for a good used one that doesn't leak ATF into the...
• Re: swamp coolers
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Mon, 10 Apr 1995 15:32:27 -0400 (EDT)
  ...They were affectionately referred to as "bee catcher" coolers. Probably not good for sales. :) Cheers <sstones@io.org> SStones Toronto, Ontario.
• Need or Trade Auto Trans. (w/cooler)!!!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Pickering
  Mon, 2 Mar 1998 09:39:04 -0500
  ...I have a used one but it doesn't have a cooler which I think is important for a Westy. So, if anyone has...
• Re: I shared "Oil Cooler Vanagon Air Cooled" with you in OneDrive
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 16 Apr 2017 21:50:22 +0000
  An oil cooler above the transmission is worthless unless you are also adding a fan. Well-designed primary cooling systems should not rely only...
• 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: Trip and tire report
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 Jul 2015 21:10:18 -0400
  ...As for oil coolers I usually use a 16 plate flat cooler in front of the radiator/AC condenser. Something like this: http://www...
• Re: Double nut?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Quan
  Sat, 9 Jul 2005 21:44:07 -0700
  So does anyone actually know what the thread size is so I can "double nut" the oil cooler? On 7/9/05, Robert Fisher...
• Re: Oil Leaks
  Historical mailing list - Nicholas Wilson
  Thu, 30 Jul 1998 00:39:47 -0700
  Craig Standley wrote that his '81 Vanagon has a bad oil leak from an undetermined source near the oil cooler. My '82 Westy had...
• 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...
• Install of GoWesty ATF Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 22 May 2011 19:42:59 -0700
  ...The cooler was first referred to as the "coil" cooler, then two sentences later, the "oil" cooler. I wondered if these were two different...
• Re: Aux Oil Cooler install...results Aircooled vanagon
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Tue, 2 Jul 2002 14:22:07 -0400
  ...Maybe my gauges and senders are messed up is there any way to check? Either way I am buying an external oil cooler. Thanks...
• Re: Nvc: cooler recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 30 May 2014 20:55:54 -0400
  ...Looking for a recommendation for a 12/120v cooler for my Jetta. Have looked at coleman and mobicool units but they look a little...
• Re: oil cooler seal
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Mon, 13 Apr 1998 08:13:55 -0400
  ...What is also possible is that the large nut that fastens the cooler to the engine has become loose. Remove the filter and see...
• Oil coolers?
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Wed, 19 Aug 1998 21:14:28 -0500
  Anybody got any recommends on brands of external oil coolers? -- Harmon Seaver hseaver@harmon.bml.usouthal.edu http://harmon.bml.usouthal.edu ======================================================================= All is...
• Re: One week into it...
  Historical mailing list - Tyrone L. Greene
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 08:47:13 +0000
  ...onto a heat-exchanger]; the oil cooler [a couple of round rubber-type seals located under the cooler]; or both. :-) Tyrone t ob wrote...
• Best 12V Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Mon, 20 May 2002 19:14:58 -0700
  So I need to buy a 12V 32 quart or smaller cooler for work and play. Ive heard rumors that the Igloo brand fan...
• sandwhich plate for use to add external oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 22:55:21 -0600
  ...http://www.gearheads.dk/oxybilleder/sanwichplate.JPG Stan Wilder, is this what you used with your RX7 cooler w/ thermostat?......this is the way...
• Re: Anything like this for 1.9L?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 28 May 2011 15:11:44 -0700
  ...I haven't had the need for a while to see the hose to the ATF cooler on a 1.9 wbxr vanagon... perhaps...
• Re: External oil cooler for Vanagon FS
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:51:44 -0700
  ...about oils cooler I just wanted to let the list know > that I have one Laminar type Oil to Water cooler model (A43-180K...
• Re: Oil slick in expansion tank
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 10:57:21 -0400
  Sounds like the oil cooler has sprung an internal leak and is allowing the oil and coolant to mix. Once this happens, the oil...
• Re: Oil Buzzer advice
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 18:54:52 -1000
  ...with 10cent cooler ...air intake is in the engine compartment ...somewhat warmer . The oil cooler exit air goes into the engine compartment I believe...
• Re: Coleman 12 volt/120 volt cooler for vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 10:09:59 -0800
  ...I have seen Coleman > > Company's portable cooler at > > Target Stores for $62.00. Last summer they were > > priced at $89.00, plus > > $25...
• Re: 2.1 conversion warning
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 08:53:08 EDT
  OK, how can we make the oil cooler work with the 1.9l coolant system? I have done a couple of these conversions and...
• Re: Tencentlife Oil Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 13:15:38 -0500
  ...Oil Cooler Kit: all kits include Mocal sandwich plate adapter with > built-in thermostatic control valve, ....." > > Seems the valve opens at a certain temp...
• Re: 2.1 conversion warning
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 21:48:25 EDT
  ...Use a sandwick plate to route oil to a small cooler (do not use a tube cooler causes too much of a pressure loss...
• Re: Anyone know of a good cooler for a Vanagon...
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sat, 6 Sep 2003 09:32:03 -0600
  Entity Jesse and Monica Johnson spoke thus: > Anyone have a suggestion for a cooler for a Vanagon? I am using the Coleman Power Chill...
• Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:31:12 -0500
  ...Is it >possible (and practical, reasonable) to install a valve in the feed >line for the cooler (and maybe another in the return line...
• Re: Oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:06:57 -0800
  sure sounds like it could be the classic 'loose oil cooler' thing. It's important to check the tightness of the 27 mm nut...
• Re: cylinder head temp sensor
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Tue, 11 Feb 1997 17:20:32 -0800 (PST)
  ...available regarding > voltage readings? I'm not sure why you would want to do that. "Slightly cooler reading" = more rich mixture and you can...
• Re: Motor swaps
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 30 Mar 2000 13:06:20 -0800
  ...You retain the exhaust, water pump and thermostat housing from the 1.9, and you cannot retain the stock oil cooler in its normal...
• Re: one more Q, Re: any guesses on oil light woes
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 12:57:02 -0800
  ...why isn't there an oil cooler?? I thought they all > had one. Are you referring to an additional cooler? > No, the 1.9...
• Small Oil Leak 91GL
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:19:36 -0500
  ...Didn't believe them so removed the filter, cooler nut and checked the seal and reinstalled. No leak after 10 minutes running. Hit the...
• Re: Solved; OIL warning light up
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:17:49 -0400
  ...Hence I'm starting an oil cooler project. I am going to try and incorporate the cooler (http://tinyurl.com/566qs3) into the rear...
• oil cooler set up
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Wed, 8 Jul 2015 16:28:38 -0400
  Dennis, I'm presuming you are attaching short sections of the 1/2 inch ( AN8 ) rubber hoses to the cooler inlet and outlets and...
• engine swap \ oil cooler \ 73 bus.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 31 Jul 1995 10:07:01 -0800 (PST)
  i just read in muir's that he suggests replacing the oil cooler every > time you pull the engine - any opinions on that ? that...
• Re: center console
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:07:36 -0400
  The one I use is a warmer/cooler, has a cushioned lid and two cupholders at the front. It's from Sam's Club...