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  • Re: 4th heater core burst in 1 year!
    Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
    Fri, 13 Jul 2001 18:18:23 -0700
    At 7:13 PM -0400 7/13/01, Paul Cavanaugh wrote: >Hi Leon, > >I have lost two trans coolers, so I will look into...
  • cooler up front/in back?
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 24 Jun 1995 05:32:00 GMT
    I'm going to install an extra oil cooler on my Type IV 73 Westy. I've had people tell me that they would...
  • cooler up front/in back?
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 24 Jun 1995 05:32:00 GMT
    I'm going to install an extra oil cooler on my Type IV 73 Westy. I've had people tell me that they would...
  • cooler up front/in back?
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 24 Jun 1995 05:32:00 GMT
    I'm going to install an extra oil cooler on my Type IV 73 Westy. I've had people tell me that they would...
  • Re: Air intake "scoops"
    Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
    Thu, 16 Dec 1999 19:17:59 -0700
    ...On the oil cooler, the thermostat will just adjust to maintain the same temperature--cooler temp reduces performance anyway. These engines do not overheat...
  • 85 Gl Auto Tranny 5/8" Coolant Hoses to Tranny Cooler Busted-
    Historical mailing list - TC
    Thu, 31 May 2007 06:42:31 -0700
    ...I was thinking its got to some be what flexible to make the loop to get on the actual tranny cooler so real tuff...
  • Re: "Koolatron" cooler
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 13 Feb 1997 08:26:43 -0600
    I have the big cooler in my panel Van. We installed it before leaving for California last year and the thing was on for...
  • Re: Tail Lights
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Birk
    Thu, 12 Apr 2001 09:42:50 -0400
    ...Now, do you mean "cooler" per Jack Kerouac, I hope, or Lord Kelvin? > >Rich Sir Kelvin, of course but Jack had some cool ideas...
  • TIICo - engine oil cooler and gauges
    Historical mailing list - Spooner, Robert E.
    Mon, 3 Jun 2002 14:55:16 -0400
    Any of you TIICo-ites thought about installing an aux plate-type oil cooler? Any ideas on how to do so? I was thinking...
  • Re: Oil Cooler and Bleeding
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Tue, 8 Jan 2008 18:23:16 -0800
    ...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: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
    Historical mailing list - Mbob1950
    Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:21:29 -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...
  • Re: External oil cooler, Help overheating
    Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
    Tue, 12 Aug 2003 15:08:15 -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 - 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: kooltrons
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 14 Sep 1994 14:57:38 -0400 (EDT)
    ...It came with the 110 adapter, which is nice 'cause you can take the cooler out of the van at night and plug it...
  • Re: why does #3 pist/cyl always go bad first?
    Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
    Tue, 25 Aug 1998 08:03:28 -0400
    On the early type 1 engines with the oil cooler inside the fan shroud the cooling air to #3 was bad and VW even...
  • Re: JCW oil cooler
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 01 May 1996 21:13:17 -0700
    Weston said "I put the oil cooler on and it worked wonders . . . " Ok Weston, it's interesting to learn about the oil leak, but...
  • 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...
  • Re: Vangon Fan Housing
    Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
    Tue, 2 Aug 94 11:11:10 PDT
    ...Point being that the air going to the oil cooler has to go over the flap, make a 180 degree turn, and go back...
  • 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: Oil overfill -- now what?
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:47:47 -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 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: oil cooler
    Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
    Thu, 6 May 1999 07:15:49 EDT
    ------On Tue, 4 May 1999 23:35:07 EDT Tim Lott <TkIrMiMsY@AOL.COM> writes: >I'm adding an oil cooler to my 82...
  • Re: Coleman DC cooler
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:27:28 -0500
    <http://www.amazon.com/70-qt-YETI-Sherpa-Cooler/dp/B0016LNOQY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=sporting-goods&qid=1246461289&sr=8...
  • Re: RX7 oil cooler, anybody else install one?
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Tue, 28 May 2002 23:04:24 -0500
    ...Back to the cooler, I ran my Westy real hard all the way from Dallas to Albuquerque and never built any temps over about...
  • Re: VW oil cooler..
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Fri, 20 Oct 2017 09:39:09 -0400
    ...When I changed it to an ABA 2.0 liter block, I ran it for a > while without that cooler, reading the part was...
  • '72 oil cooler seals blown
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 04 Mar 1996 11:31:46 -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...
  • unsubscribe
    Historical mailing list - Backus, Brian G
    Tue, 19 May 1998 11:15:02 -0700
    ...Wanted Thermostatic Oil Sandwich Plate for Air cooled 82 > > Howdy all, > Last week I posted regarding adding an auxiliary oil cooler in my 82...
  • Re: It's Friday somewhere
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Thu, 10 Jul 2014 18:27:45 -0700
    ...thought of this: > https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryangrepper/coolest-cooler-21st-century > -cooler-thats-actually Though I think it has "Vanagon content" in...
  • Re: Oil leak...
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
    Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:18:59 EST
    ...Remove 2 hoses going to cooler (They should come off as I just did the WP a while ago) and drain coolant this job...
  • Evap Cooler
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 19 Jul 95 08:57:29 EDT
    ...Whipme use to care a detachable evap cooler for the car or > van. I can't remember if it attaced to the roof or...
  • 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)
  • Air-cooled auto tranny in a water-cooled 1.9???
    Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
    Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:48:11 -0700
    ...We found an auto tranny, but its from an aircooled so it does not have the capability to mount the tranny fluid cooler. Will...
  • Re: Double nut?
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Sat, 9 Jul 2005 20:46:26 -0700
    ...target. > <<Getting ready to replace the o-ring on my oil cooler and have > researched the archives and need to know what the list...
  • 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: Add-on Oil Coolers
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 12 May 1995 10:49:20 -0500
    ...Frau's cooler has a filter as well, and I do like that. She's never had any problems with overheating, but whether that...
  • Re: 2.1 fits right in
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Tue, 8 Nov 2005 14:07:57 -0800
    Not having utilized the oil cooler unit on my oil filter, I would have never known that the 1.9 exhaust would not fit...
  • Re: Transmission cooler for 86 automatic?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Desanti
    Sat, 27 Feb 1999 18:07:52 EST
    ...AOL.COM writes: << When I find a way to hook a cooler in the system (I need to do so because I will have...
  • Re: Oil Temperature??
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Fri, 25 Sep 2015 19:46:30 -0600
    ...If pushed, at high ambient temperatures, no supplemental oil cooler, probably most of these beasts would fall below 8 psi at idle. But with...
  • Re: anyone bought a Coleman thermoelectric cooler?
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Wed, 12 Jun 2002 19:54:55 -0400
    > i was in Wally world yesterday and saw they had these 12v Coleman > thermoelectric coolers for sale for $69.95.. its like a little...
  • Re: The value of instrumentation
    Historical mailing list - Jim Crews
    Sat, 27 Oct 2018 11:19:30 -0400
    ...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: hot and cold
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Mon, 26 Jun 95 20:49:50 CDT
    ...the Vanagon oil cooler has a slight problem in the early years: the cooler-to-engine gasket can crack in extreme cold and your...
  • 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: Aux Oil Cooler install...results Aircooled vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Bill N
    Fri, 28 Jun 2002 10:30:19 -0700
    Sounds like the oil cooler is really doing the job. Just a quick note on the physics, though. You mention "humid" like it matters...
  • bears burgling for food
    Historical mailing list - Pete Moore
    Thu, 19 Aug 2004 19:59:11 EDT
    Since this thread isn't completely dead - With all the comments about food storage no one mentioned covering coolers/ice chests with a blanket...
  • 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...
  • Re: Update on stalling '87
    Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
    Thu, 5 Jul 2007 15:37:22 -0700
    ...He and Mom probably bought that cooler from a friend, or from Sears after much discussion and calculating of the household budget on a...
  • 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: HELP! - I have a dripping Vanagon in Phoenix, AZ
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 17 Feb 2001 08:49:40 EST
    ...I could be one of the several that go above the transmission, or if you have an automatic, it could be the cooler lines...
  • Re: subject Re: bURNINGvAN
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Mon, 5 Jan 2009 10:38:40 -0800
    ...We'll be way cooler at Ocean Beach. =) > > Hey a couple of years ago @ BBB it got down into the mid 20's at...
  • Re: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Tue, 15 Sep 2015 18:56:13 -0600
    ...Then remove the bolts holding that pipe to the water pump and disconnect the small oil cooler hoe from the pump. Coolant will rush...
  • Re: Air-cooled auto tranny in a water-cooled 1.9???
    Historical mailing list - David Yates
    Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:10:42 +1000
    ...We found an auto tranny, but its from an aircooled so it does not have the capability to mount the tranny fluid cooler. Will...
  • Re: fridge replacement?
    Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
    Thu, 2 Aug 2007 18:49:05 -0700
    ...Keeping the cooler inside in black bear country is essential if food is wanted in morning. The obvious place to keep it is under...
  • Re: coolers from swampy.net
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:59:39 -0500
    I live in the south and such coolers would never work here as the humidity has never been, to my knowledge, below 30 percent...
  • Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:05:34 -0500
    ...Squirrel, the reason I am considering an oil cooler for my '91 Vanagon GL Campmobile 2.1 L waterboxer is that I drive it...
  • 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: Inter-coolers?
    Historical mailing list - Austin
    Mon, 14 Jul 1997 19:05:58 -0700
    At 08:49 AM 7/15/97 -0500, you wrote: >Good morning All, >I just received a note from Helmut suggesting an inter-cooler...
  • Re: Transmission Oil Cooler Leaking - Again!
    Historical mailing list - John C...
    Sat, 16 Apr 2011 04:03:12 -0600
    ...Is it a common issue? I replaced my automatic transmission fluid cooler > (with a used one) about a year and a half ago, now...
  • Re: Replace trans oil cooler?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Mon, 6 Dec 2004 21:23:50 -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...
  • Re: ## changing 1990 2.1L waterleaker oil cooler hoses in situ
    Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
    Mon, 12 Aug 2002 03:21:59 -0700
    ...Right now, I want to just fix my specific problem (1/2" slit in hose from oil cooler to tube from thermostat) quickly and...