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Re: Massive oil leak at oil cooler/block interface - 87 westy
Historical mailing list - George Wietor
Tue, 25 Feb 2003 11:36:34 -0500
Very likely the big 0-ring behind cooler. Couple bucks at vendor/dealer. I bought a couple extra. Did mine in driveway one Michigan...
I'm cooler than thou
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sat, 29 Sep 2001 16:41:23 -0500
Looks like a slow news day on the list so here is my Southern Engineered oil cooler project. http://williamwareagency.com/forsale/stanvan/oil...
Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 24 Oct 2017 06:47:49 -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...
Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 24 Oct 2017 09:20:06 -0700
...Google "VW oil cooler problem" or check you tube...These do seem to have lottsa failures... some report a couple of leaking coolers in...
Re: Bus Boys Oil Cooler Kit
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sat, 24 Aug 2013 13:56:33 -0500
...Is this an external oil cooler, or is it a repair/replacement for the small factory oil cooler? I have a ten cent life...
Re: Ultimate Oil Cooler
Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
Wed, 14 Aug 2002 16:31:47 -0400
...Ultimate Oil Cooler > Install this oil cooler the next time you are performing an oil and filter > change. Remove your oil filter. Carefully clamp...
Re: Aux Oil Cooler install...results Aircooled vanagon
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 28 Jun 2002 14:29:42 -0500
...Since this wasn't a junk cooler I didn't jury rig any slip in tubes or plugging devices to seal them off. Got...
Re: Transmission Oil Cooler Leaking - Again!
Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
Sat, 16 Apr 2011 23:16:44 -0500
...Transmission Oil Cooler Leaking - Again! > > >> Is it a common issue? I replaced my automatic transmission fluid cooler >> (with a used one) about a year...
Re: Anyone have experience with the F.A.S./GTA Auto trans cooler?
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:54:30 -0800
Thanks Roger! In lighter vans/vehicles no cooler is needed, but climbing over mountain passes with a 4000+ lb Westy, I think one is...
Re: Oil cooler: possible to use AC condenser?
Historical mailing list - Karl M.
Fri, 18 Feb 2000 13:50:31 -0500
...Oil cooler: possible to use AC condenser? > The best thing you can do with an oil cooler/heater is keep the > oil the same...
Automatic trans cooler question
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Wed, 9 Feb 2011 14:28:45 -0500
http://www.smallcar.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=29877 Does anyone know if the hollow transmission cooler bolts that screw into...
Re: Transmission cooler for 86 automatic?
Historical mailing list - Detlev Hanschke
Sat, 27 Feb 1999 12:08:23 EST
Hi Karl , this is a good question! There shouldt be a way to hook on a cooler in the line to the torque converter...
Re: Install of tencentlife External Oil Cooler
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Sun, 22 May 2011 21:23:25 -0600
> > > Now I'm thinking I want to install a temperature-operated switch and a > fan to force air through the cooler when the van...
Replacing oil cooler, was: oil leak found? (oil cooler)
Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
Wed, 14 Oct 1998 08:43:05 -0400
...More than likely it is the cooler itself. Whether loaf or Vanagon, it is *physically possible* to replace the cooler with the motor in...
Re: Tranny oil cooler,(homemade kit?)
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:28:42 -0500
Water cooled oil coolers are used because they are extremely effective. Especially for transmission oil cooling. Many vehicles use a tranny cooler inside the...
Re: Spooked!
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sat, 4 Jun 2011 08:06:30 -0500
...oil cooler or > if the wasserbox engine still retains the same style oil cooler as the air > cooled, make sure the cooler is not...
Auto tranny replacement note
Historical mailing list - Eric Pickering
Mon, 2 Mar 1998 09:32:02 -0500
...Sooo, I now need a auto tranny with a cooler and need to get rid of this one. If you need an automatic make...
Re: replacing hoses on oil cooler
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Thu, 12 May 2011 20:50:17 -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...
'87 Vanagon GL ATF Cooler
Historical mailing list - alancshearer
Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:30:49 -0800
...I am particularly interested in learning how to remove the defective ATF cooler. I also want to know what kind of aftermarket coolers are...
Re: Golf GTI oil coolers available?
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Fri, 28 Sep 2001 18:12:25 EDT
Mike, As I indicated previously, this oil cooler system (not the flange) is the standard oil cooler for the 5 cylinder N/A and...
Re: Oil Cooler Location
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Wed, 5 May 1999 15:40:15 -0400
...Oil Cooler Location Why not put the oil cooler in the path of the air flowing in the drivers side rear air intake (the...
Re: 2nd Oil Cooler...
Historical mailing list
Wed, 19 Jun 1996 18:48:24 -0400
I think a second oil cooler can do no harm. remeber that the original VW only generated a small amount of power and cinsequently...
anyone bought a Coleman thermoelectric cooler?
Historical mailing list
Wed, 12 Jun 2002 15:28:19 EDT
i was in Wally world yesterday and saw they had these 12v Coleman thermoelectric coolers for sale for $69.95.. its like a little...
External Oil cooler
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:43:00 -0500
Does anyone use an external cooler? What is your set up, opinion, experience? Got pics? http://www.bus-boys.com/oilcoolingremote.html Would I...
Re: Automatic Transmission external cooler
Historical mailing list - azsun99
Wed, 20 May 2009 09:24:41 -0700
...Here is a link to an external cooler that eliminates the OEM unit: http://www.smallcar.com/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=83 Jerry...
More oil cooler
Historical mailing list - Skip Emmert-Keaton
Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:03:31 -0700
OK, time to move the oil cooler. You'll remember that I removed my stock oil cooler and added an external cooler under the...
Re: Install external oil cooler? Re: Trans fluid in coolant system
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 5 Apr 2012 01:14:42 -0400
...Install extermal oil cooler? Re: Trans fluid in coolant system I checked on TheSamba and found an affordable oil cooler, something that other cars...
Re: '87 Vanagon GL ATF Cooler
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:41:11 -0800
> > The type of Cooler I settled on was a fluid to fluid type. Plumbs into > the Van's cooling system. > On the return line...
Re: Add-on Oil Coolers
Historical mailing list - Ethan Wilson
Fri, 12 May 1995 10:36:51 -0700 (PDT)
Going back to comments about my 2 liter 67 deluxe....mounted a large multiplate oil cooler underneath ahead of the tranny, a system one...
Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:03:27 -0700
...Oil Cooler Kit: all kits include Mocal sandwich plate adapter with > built-in thermostatic control valve, efficient stacked-plate cooler, > pre-built Parker hoses...
Re: oil cooler leaking coolant?
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Tue, 30 Jan 2001 18:03:59 -0600
Hi Jason, I have seen bad coolant pumps leak coolant through the weep hole and it will dribble down the oil cooler. The coolant...
Re: Trans fluid in coolant system-New Question
Historical mailing list - J Stewart
Thu, 5 Apr 2012 17:47:06 +0000
...The vannie trans cooler is mounted on the trans > itself. later mark d > In a message dated 4/5/2012 10:20:40 A...
Re: Install of tencentlife External Oil Cooler
Historical mailing list - Bill Glenn
Mon, 23 May 2011 00:47:21 -0400
...The oil cooler kit that Chris Corkins offers for the syncro includes a thermo switch and fan, to aid cooling at slow speeds, so...
Oil Cooler
Historical mailing list - Skip Emmert-Keaton
Thu, 22 Apr 2004 17:49:23 -0700
Does anyone have a suggestion for getting switched power to the oil cooler? Thanks for any help, Skip Emmert-Keaton 1980 Westy <Ziegelstein>
added oil cooler to homepage
Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
Wed, 15 Jun 2005 19:30:22 -0400
i added a page, showing an oil cooler mod http://home.earthlink.net/~mark.cumnock/id17.html (copy and paste)
RX7 Oil cooler update
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Wed, 17 Apr 2002 21:26:39 -0500
RX7 Oil cooler update Just to fill those interested in on the efficiency of the RX7 Oil cooler I recently installed on my Type...
Re: Go Westy auto trans cooler
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 17 Jul 2011 22:40:09 -0400
...Seen many an aftermarket oil cooler or hose for same destroy an engine or transmission. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
Re: How does coolant circuit to oil cooler work?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 8 Sep 2012 10:42:10 -0700
...Does this mean also no flow out of oil cooler? Or how is the flow to the cooler routed. > > When the thermostat is open...
Re: Oil Cooler hose replacement clues on 91 Carat
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Wed, 30 May 2001 09:29:47 -0800
...It seems that once the oil filter is removed, you can remove a rather large flat nut, this holds the oil cooler on. What...
Posting Pictures: was something about scoops. :)
Historical mailing list - Dylan Spurgin
Fri, 12 Jul 2002 16:34:33 -0500
...Scoop Update and oil cooler > > > > Mark, > > > > I would be interested one of your scoops. > > > > Tell us more about your oil cooler. > > Size and brand...
oil cooler for I-4 conversion
Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
Mon, 3 May 1999 11:04:10 -0400
Have any of you that have converted from either a diesel or a waterboxer to a VW/Audi I-4 installed an oil cooler...
Re: anyone bought a Coleman thermoelectric cooler?
Historical mailing list - Arthur Sauerhaft
Fri, 14 Jun 2002 09:10:15 -0400
...anyone bought a Coleman thermoelectric cooler? > i was in Wally world yesterday and saw they had these 12v Coleman > thermoelectric coolers for sale for...
Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:35:50 -0500
Mark, the oil lines to the air cooled coils, for example a TenCentLife oil cooler. But please tell me more about the option you...
oil cooler type heater?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 28 Oct 2002 06:48:23 -0600
anyone used these oil cooler type heater? does it work? and if so is it better than the stock heater boxes? --------------------------- This subject has...
Re: 2.1 to 1.9 oil cooler retrofit design Q (longish)
Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
Fri, 28 Jan 2005 08:06:58 -0800
I currently have S&S headers on the van, and it clears the oil cooler/filter combo no problem (they are both already installed...
Re: Oil cooler coolant Leak ?
Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
Tue, 8 Dec 2009 16:17:17 -0800
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@gmail.com> wrote: > There is a seal behind the cooler against the...
Re: radiator bleeder location
Historical mailing list
Wed, 20 Nov 1996 20:32:35 +0000
> Can i use a oil cooler off a gas gti/gl jetta to replace my leaking cooler?? As far as I can tell, the...
Oil cooler
Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
Wed, 30 Jun 1999 14:47:56 -0400
Hi all, I was lamenting the possibility that I might have to replace my oil / water crossflow heat exchanger (oil cooler) on my 2...
Re: [NVC] Create electricity-free cooler
Historical mailing list - Richard Jones
Sat, 30 Jul 2011 14:41:05 -0600
The evap sock cooler goes with the AL-foil manifold roasting technique. Complete camping for those without a Westy.... Richard
Console Cooler correction
Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
Sun, 18 Nov 2001 23:16:40 -0600
OOP's! In my last posting I zigged instead of zagged---the console / cooler is 12v DC, not AC. ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| Terry-- "Zoom, Zoom, Zoom" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Re: Ultimate Oil Cooler
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Wed, 14 Aug 2002 15:22:29 -0400
...There are several things that have me sold on this oil cooler. First, technically speaking, it isn't just an oil cooler. It is...
Re: Extra Oil cooler?
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:53:06 -0700
On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 16:03 -0700, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: [snip] > I do like tencentlife's oil cooler quite a bit...
Re: Valve lifters knocking/oil cooler leak
Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
Wed, 20 Jan 1999 21:37:06 -0800
...Went for the "Wynn's Engine Tune Up" first, it cleans really well, especially the seal for the oil cooler. Didn't do a...
unclas Oil Cooler Pre-emptive Replacement
Historical mailing list - Thomas, Geoffrey
Mon, 26 Apr 2004 16:55:49 -0400
...Has anyone had experience with failed coolers and does anyone have an opinion on pre-emptive replacement. thanks Geoff Thomas 233,000 and still...
Mocal sandwich plate plus oil cooler equals overcooling
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:54:08 -0800
...The Mocal 19 row cooler squeezes in nicely behind the left taillight and gets great airflow. Unfortunately, I'm now seeing EXCESSIVE cooling. Even...
Re: oil cooler
Historical mailing list - kW
Tue, 4 May 1999 22:17:13 -0700
...I'm adding an oil cooler to my 82 camper. Would you suggest an extra oil pump, this oil cooler has a fan any...
Re: Oil Cooler
Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:20:34 -0400
The last 2.1 oil cooler o-ring I changed I did with the double nut method...there was limited room to work, but...
Re: Oil Cooler
Historical mailing list - Tim Schneider
Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:50:13 -0700
** Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET> writes: ** >>If an accessory cooler is installed and the OEM cooler completely eliminated >>I'd just guess that...
What is the best location for an external oil cooler?
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Tue, 16 May 2006 18:30:41 -0700
...Well, that cooler is damn hot! The fuel between the cooler and the tank is definitely cooler than the pre cooler fuel, but I...
Re: Automatic transmission cooler-advice wanted
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:43:52 -0800
chiming in late here, but I have several good used stock vanagon auto trans oil coolers for sale. that would be your least expensive...