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• external oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 21 Jul 2019 03:29:42 +0000
  Vanners, Anyone know of an external oil cooler that comes with a fan for the oil radiatior? Checked the vendors. So far no luck...
• Re: external oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 20 Jul 2019 20:48:10 -0700
  Vanistan (Chris Corkin) has 2 oil cooler kits - one with fan (Deluxe) and one without fan (Basic) https://intrepidoverland.com/vanistan/ On Sat, Jul...
• Re: Anyone have a 3rd Party External Oil Cooler or Transmission Cooler installed?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Wed, 20 May 2009 02:25:52 -0400
  ...Anyone have a 3rd Party External Oil Cooler or Transmission > Cooler > installed? > > Hello Everyone, > > I just purchased the Bus Boys Oil Cooler kit and...
• Re: oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Thu, 28 May 2020 15:23:03 -0700
  I have had the same cooler from Chris Corkins (tencentlife) since 2011 on my 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile. Before the cooler, the oil...
• Re: water leak
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:15:23 -0500
  Check for a leaking outer head gasket or maybe even the water pump is dripping onto the cooler. It is rare for the cooler...
• Oil cooler in 1980-1982 aircooled buses?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hineline
  Mon, 6 Sep 2010 17:49:10 -0700
  ...Both of them have oil coolers in the nose, under the lighting grill. They don't have a radiator grill like mine does. My...
• Anyone have a 3rd Party External Oil Cooler or Transmission Cooler installed?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 19 May 2009 14:59:22 -0400
  Hello Everyone, I just purchased the Bus Boys Oil Cooler kit and the Small Car Performance Tranny Cooler System for my 2.1L Automatic...
• auxillary oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Sat, 7 May 2005 11:11:01 -0500
  Hello, I purchased a Race Trim auxillary oil cooler from Bus Boys for my 1982 air cooled vanagon. I think I am going to...
• Re: Anyone have a 3rd Party External Oil Cooler or Transmission Cooler installed?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 20 May 2009 07:00:52 -0400
  ...Anyone have a 3rd Party External Oil Cooler or Transmission > Cooler > installed? > > Hello Everyone, > > I just purchased the Bus Boys Oil Cooler kit and...
• Re: Extra Oil cooler?
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:23:45 -0400
  ...You know, of course, the oil filter is suppose to go upstream from the oil cooler. There are several oil cooler installation ideas in...
• Re: Oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Dawson
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 00:51:17 EDT
  Hi all, Ya, the air cooled engines already have a oil cooler but over the years crud can get packed into the imput side...
• oil cooler installed !!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 May 1996 00:37:06 -0400
  I bought an oil cooler at a garage sale for $2.00 a week ago. I was going to drill a hole in the...
• Re: 2.1 WBX OIL COOLER
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:07:30 -0800
  To my best knowledge, an oil cooler was standard equipment on all Waterboxers. Even my friend's Panel Vanagon (commercial) and the Boss' TriStar...
• Re: Anyone have a 3rd Party External Oil Cooler or Transmission Cooler installed?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Wed, 20 May 2009 02:30:15 -0400
  ...Anyone have a 3rd Party External Oil Cooler or Transmission > Cooler > installed? > > Hello Everyone, > > I just purchased the Bus Boys Oil Cooler kit and...
• Oil Cooler Upgrade I did...
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Tue, 4 May 1999 10:05:13 -0700
  Hello, I am just putting in what I did for an add on oil cooler for my van. The factory oil cooler is great...
• Re: Oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 21 Apr 2004 20:27:22 -0500
  Well spend the time putting the OEM cooler back in or spend a thousand or so later on. It's your choice ............... leave Saturday...
• oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 23 Jun 2019 13:22:42 +0000
  ...Any suggestions? Anyone got an oil cooler for sale? Mike
• Oil coolers
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby & Denise DeWolfe
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 20:44:03 -0500
  What is the conscensus on an oil cooler for my 81. Bus Boys sells a kit with a remote cooler. It hooks up with...
• Re: Oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Thu, 22 Apr 2004 11:02:20 -0400
  Skip and fellow vanagon types The problem with the removal of the stock cooler is that you can conceivably cook the engine in some...
• Re: Mazda RX7 oil cooler on Westy
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 23 Feb 2002 19:30:37 -0600
  I've never heard of any VW people of any kind running this RX7 oil cooler. As a water or oil cooler. I simply...
• Re: Oil cooler coolant Leak ?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 8 Dec 2009 17:21:36 -0600
  There is a seal behind the cooler against the case. Prob leaking. Michael in San Antonio 91GL AT 'Gringo' 73 Beetle On Tue, Dec...
• Oil Leak at Oil Cooler Solved
  Historical mailing list - dennis lockwood
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 18:12:08 -0800
  ...A quick trip to the Bentley manual pointed to either the oil cooler o-ring being faulty or a loose oil cooler nut. The...
• Is there a best cooler? was Re: Comments wanted on this portable fridge
  Historical mailing list - Kai Mei
  Tue, 7 Aug 2007 17:19:54 -0400
  What's the best insulating cooler? It seems that a cooler with a score of 97 would keep food much longer than a cooler...
• Re: oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Thu, 28 May 2020 20:01:17 +0000
  I have one of Chris's oil coolers. The best part of the installation was the step-by-step instructions. They were perfect. I...
• Re: replacing hoses on oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 9 May 2011 23:45:22 -0400
  ...Loosening the oil cooler really helps. Replace that O-ring between the cooler and case while there. With the big WP feed pipe out...
• Oil cooler coolant Leak ?
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Tue, 8 Dec 2009 15:10:44 -0800
  I am curious how often folks have seen an Oil Cooler leak Coolant ? I have seen the seals go and cause an oil leak...
• Re: Oil Cooler Upgrade I did...
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Tue, 4 May 1999 15:53:42 -0400
  Regarding the oil cooler, how did you connect it to the engine? I am contemplating an external cooler for my 2.1 upgrade in...
• Re: Oil Cooler oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 28 Nov 2003 08:12:09 -0800
  ...5) remove nut in the middle of the oil cooler (a collar nut around the thing onto which the oil cooler screws - ed.) Remove...
• How does coolant circuit to oil cooler work?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Fri, 7 Sep 2012 19:57:51 -0700
  Help explain to me how the oil cooler gets circulation. Here's what I can see, but don't understand exactly how it works...
• Re: 88 GL - Oil Cooler R&R
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Sat, 4 Jan 2014 21:36:08 -0500
  ...88 GL - Oil Cooler R&R I am almost ready to remove the cooler after my big oil leak. Have new O-ring, new...
• Re: Oil filter Coolers......just more snake oil?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 24 Aug 2003 16:14:25 -0400
  ...This is why fin and tube style oil coolers have internal spirals to help stir things up. Flat plate style coolers with multiple parallel...
• Custom Oil/Tranny Coolers for automatic vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 12 May 2009 00:50:37 -0400
  Hi everyone, Has anyone here installed a custom 3rd party Oil or Tranny cooler in an automatic 2.1L ? Bus Boys has some that...
• Re: Oil cooler in 1980-1982 aircooled buses?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 6 Sep 2010 21:38:17 -0500
  ...Oil cooler in 1980-1982 aircooled buses? I've had two air-cooled Vanagons (one of them purchased new in 1981) and know for...
• Re: Oil cooler, Fan
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Wed, 14 Aug 2002 09:25:44 -0400
  Hi, When you mounted the cooler behind the rear wheel, what material did you choose to use as a rock guard? Did you ever...
• Re: Attention TDI Gurus! What is hotter, oil or compressed air?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 24 Nov 2002 22:21:48 -0800
  ...Removing the cooler thermostat brought his oil temps down to about 115C max. I won't be using an RX7 cooler - rather an industrial...
• Re: Oil Cooler Install
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 3 Feb 2002 10:20:17 -0600
  ...That is about three times the size of the stock type IV cooler that I intend to leave until the new cooler has proven...
• Re: oil coolers, engine and trans
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 09:10:14 -0400
  bus boys sells a heavy duty oil cooler with a fan that can be controlled by a temp sensor and it has an oil...
• Re: Oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Skip Emmert-Keaton
  Wed, 21 Apr 2004 17:43:24 -0700
  ...Oil cooler > I'm adding an oil cooler to my 1980 air-cooled Westy and want to add a > thermostat upstream of the cooler...
• Re: Auxiliary oil cooler on WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 29 Oct 2005 17:19:07 -0400
  The 2.1 oil cooler can be added to a 1.9. You will need to use a shorter oil filter or change to...
• Re: Re.: Synthetic oils
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Aug 1994 20:36:34 -0400 (EDT)
  I got to step in here on the oil cooling bit....the oil cooler was put in to make the engine run cooler...it...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] On Oil Coolers, Cooling System Design and Engine Life
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 19 Nov 2004 22:25:41 EST
  ...As to not to stack coolers ... you must be careful about the o-ring seal. the stock cooler traps an o-ring between its...
• Oil Cooler Dripping Oil 90 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Mark Magee
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 16:47:41 -0600
  Volks, My 90 Carat has developed an -oil- leak at the base of the oil cooler. My oil cooler looks different than the one...
• Re: 2.1 WBX OIL COOLER
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:08:26 -0800
  ...I need to know if > > > > all late model Vanagon's (1986-1991) use the engine oil cooler > > > > which mounts to the cylinder block and...
• Re: Re.: Synthetic oils
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Fri, 19 Aug 94 5:55:44 PDT
  > > > I got to step in here on the oil cooling bit....the oil cooler was > put in to make the engine run cooler...it...
• External Oil Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hewitt
  Tue, 4 Nov 2003 12:15:59 -0500
  ...Would like to use an external oil cooler on this motor. Do List members have experience with placing a cooler on the 2 liter...
• Re: Transmission Oil Cooler Leaking - Again!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:58:14 -0700
  at this point might want to go to an air-cooled type of trans cooler. it's common on Subaru engine conversions... or to...
• external cooler/filter : trust the dipstick?
  Historical mailing list - Mitch Hendrickson
  Mon, 31 Jul 95 12:35:27 PDT
  ...He has an external cooler and a filter, of the "replace-the-stock-cooler" variety, and he has it all mounted in the engine...
• Re: Transmission cooler
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 21:31:43 -0400
  ...Transmission cooler > > What kind of pump does the automatic transmission use to circulate > transmission fluid through the transmission oil/water cooler? > > The engine oil...
• Re: Oil cooler in 1980-1982 air-cooled buses?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 Sep 2010 23:26:18 -0400
  ...The stock oil works well for most situations and cooler oil does little to prevent the melted heads, burnt pistons, dropped valve seats, warped...
• Re: Oil in the coolant
  Historical mailing list - Ram�n Celaya
  Sun, 28 Jan 2001 19:23:21 -0800
  ...that is your oil cooler. it has > coolant (from the engine) flowing through it. > > those coolers have a history of leaking internally ... mixing the...
• Re: Oil in the coolant
  Historical mailing list - Scott D Foss
  Tue, 20 Mar 2001 14:13:30 -0800
  notice about oil cooler : Always check that the nut that secures the oil cooler is tight. ( 27 mm hex nut ). They can get loose...
• Re: Auto Trans Modified Governor Test Report [addendum]
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 23 May 2011 10:43:26 -0700
  ...I ruined three VW coolers before I replaced the cooler with an aluminum block and hoses to a common aftermarket air-cooled transmission cooler...
• Re: supplemental oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 9 Jan 2003 15:52:54 -0600
  #3) Install an oil cooler http://www.williamwareagency.com/forsale/stanvan/0059.htm I've also got a nice big Mercedes cooler if you...
• RX7 Oil cooler the real skinny
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 09:48:51 -0600
  Even after thoroughly examining the RX7 oil cooler that I recently installed on my 83 Air Cooled Westfalia I still had some questions. I...
• Re: Beware of "hot/cold Igloo coolers "
  Historical mailing list - David Hicks
  Fri, 12 Mar 1999 19:41:33 EST
  These seem to work well if you use them "as" a cooler. Add some dry ice or a couple of cool packs and the...
• Re: (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Fri, 27 Jun 2003 09:49:14 -0600
  the finest coolers we have found are the Setrab coolers, they drop the temp about 40F for the single, and 60 for a double...
• Re: Auto Trans Modified Governor Test Report [addendum]
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 23 May 2011 13:13:21 -0700
  You happen to recall the fan-blown cooler type, perchance? On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 11:44 -0700, BenT Syncro wrote: > My Turbo...
• Re: oil light
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Tue, 17 Oct 2017 11:02:22 -0400
  Dan, Looking at your link, http://www.vanistan.com/oil_cooler_kits.html It seems that the OEM push rod tube cover would not...
• Re: Aux Oil Cooler install...results Aircooled vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 11:24:59 EDT
  ...I also agree that the oil cooler is one of the best lifetime and reliability mods that can be made to these vehicles - even...
• Re: Transmission cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 20:43:38 -0400
  ...If you decide you need an external cooler, remove the stock cooler from the front of the transmission, block off the coolant hoses and...