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• Oil Cooler seal leaks in extreme cold
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Oil Cooler seal leaks in extreme cold
  October 29, 1987
  Extreme cold weather can harden and split the seal between the engine block and the oil cooler thus creating an oil leak: * An improved...
• Aux oil coolers
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 5 May 1999 10:22:40 -0400
  Tim & Joseph- Both of you posted in the past couple of days about auxiliary oil coolers; one for the air-cooled, and one for...
• Re: Oil cooler, D-pillar, Syncro - question
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:28:37 -0500
  I want to install the Bus Boys oil cooler kit for the Vanagon before summer. Anyone use one of theirs? On 11/10/08...
• Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:32:03 -0500
  ...I will say that I've been very happy with the tencentlife external oil cooler kit, dropped my oil temps to remain around 210F...
• Source for small auxiliary coolant pump? (oil cooler idea!)
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Mon, 8 May 2000 14:58:11 -0400
  ...I figure this should be a lot less strain on the oil system than running an air cooled oil cooler up front, with 30...
• Re: Oil overfill... or not? (long post)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 5 Aug 2010 08:20:31 -0700
  just one thing Dave, the factory "oil cooler" is more of an "oil temp moderator". Helps in warm up of engine but really can...
• Re: Mocal sandwich plate plus oil cooler equals overcooling
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:58:25 -0600
  ...Mocal sandwich plate plus oil cooler equals overcooling Since I've never been happy with the way my oil temps climb above 220degF when...
• 1600 leak near oil cooler
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 30 May 1996 11:33:05 GMT
  ...There is a small leak in an otherwise good block just under the oil cooler. You know where the two oil holes are that...
• Re: Tranny oil cooler,(homemade kit?)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:12:01 -0800
  Your tencent life oil cooler is a fine device Dave. I installed one .. I highly approve of them. They do keep oil pressure up...
• Re: oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 1 Apr 2014 10:07:07 -0600
  ...Checking to see if anyone has experience mounting an oil >> cooler in the right (passenger side) air scoop. >> Model is an '83 Westy, came...
• Re: Mazda RX-7 oil cooler into the Vanagon 1.9 turbodiesel
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Sat, 23 Oct 1999 10:36:29 -0400
  ...Mazda RX-7 oil cooler into the Vanagon 1.9 turbodiesel > when i had an aircooled 80 bus, i put an mgb tranny oil...
• Re: Major Oil Leak!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sat, 2 Feb 2008 13:35:06 -0500
  ...Remove the oil filter. You will notice on the oil cooler unit a large, thin nut that holds the oil cooler into place. Tighten...
• Re: oil leak above the oil filter.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 30 Jun 2005 08:50:19 -0500
  ...You need to remove the coolant lines to get the oil cooler off, I used needle nose vice grips with hose on the metal...
• Re: My overflow tank is full of oil!!!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:14:02 -0700
  Most likely the oil cooler failed. Water doesn't get into the oil, just the oil into the water. After replacing the oil cooler...
• Re: Major oil leak help!
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:58:34 -0800
  > Oil cooler O-ring for sure. Always happens when it turns cold unless you > have new improved O-ring in there. fyi Part No...
• Re: Oil Temperature??
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 25 Sep 2015 19:31:16 -0500
  ...I guess that's why people put in oil temperature gauges. If pushed, at high ambient temperatures, no supplemental oil cooler, probably most of...
• 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...
• 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: Oil cooler, D-pillar, Syncro - question
  Historical mailing list - GMac999
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:35:56 -0600
  ...I'd keep the oil cooler hoses as short as possible to avoid oil pressure drop. 2. I'd keep the cooler as low...
• Re: Major Oil Leak!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 2 Feb 2008 13:05:38 -0800
  ...It was a small crack in the oil cooler gasket and when I started up, came pouring out behind the cooler. I suggest that...
• Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Tue, 24 Oct 2017 10:37:33 -0700
  So, I have the Chris Corkin (tencentlife) external oil cooler, and my impression is that it has helped greatly. I realize that it has...
• Re: Aux Oil Cooler install...results Aircooled vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 14:29:42 -0500
  ...I have also mounted the oil > cooler (RX7) > above the trans with muffin tin fan cooling. But for the Audi > install, I'm > going...
• Re: Oil filter flange Coolant/Oil heat exchanger...works.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 18:47:58 -0700
  ...outside, same > speed...and my > oil pressure stayed up better, since the oil was significantly > cooler. Now > my oil temp hovers at around 200...
• VW oil cooler..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 19 Oct 2017 19:53:05 -0700
  ...But my oil temperature was going higher than I wanted, so I installed the stock cooler, opting to not believe that it won't...
• Re: Will someone repost this to type2
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 16:23:18 -0500
  ...RX7 Oil cooler the real skinny Even after thoroughly examining the RX7 oil cooler that I recently installed on my 83 Air Cooled Westfalia...
• Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:12:11 -0700
  ...I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler > On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 18:19 -0700, Jake de Villiers wrote: >> An oil cooler...
• Whats a Doghouse
  Historical mailing list - Aaron J. Wood
  Tue, 3 Oct 1995 12:02:21 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I would like to know if I should put on an external oil cooler. I have heard you don't need one if you...
• Re: Oil Cooler Location opinions
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:45:17 -0800
  ...Downside is mud > potentially clogging the cooler. I just moved my oil cooler from the "left rear wheel well" location to the passenger side...
• Re: Oil cooler upgrade for WBX 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:24:54 -0800
  The idea is that when you first start, the coolant circulating in the oil cooler will warm up the oil (hence faster warm ups...
• 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...
• Re: External oil cooler, Help overheating
  Historical mailing list - Clay Newton
  Tue, 12 Aug 2003 12:57:14 -0700
  Hi! Just dug thru mckenzies for the right pages for oil coolers: http://www.mckenzies.com/page72.html and http://www.mckenzies.com/page73...
• 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...
• Oil Temp questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Allred
  Tue, 9 Jul 96 16:12:49 UT
  ...dip stick, oil pressure relief boss, the rear galley (Bob Hoover's recommendation) and supposedly the best spot, after the oil cooler -- what exactly...
• Re: Oil cooler: possible to use AC condenser?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Fri, 18 Feb 2000 11:09:49 EST
  ...AutoTech, who sell oil coolers for HiPerf Golfs/Jettas, advised that with a large cooler like I had (8"X12" flat plate) that it...
• Re: Smelly Heat
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 04 Mar 1997 09:50:57
  ...If it's on the left, it could be either of the above, or the oil pressure switch, or the oil cooler and/or...
• Oil Level Min vs Max
  Historical mailing list - Christopher M. Smith
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 12:12:25 -0800
  ...But the cooler readings that one observes when the oil level is less than maximum, is this the result of genuinely cooler oil OR...
• Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:02:14 -0400
  ...That is the temp of the oil cooler thermostat so basically the oil gets to 180 and then stops due to the external oil...
• Re: Tiico Oil Cooler / Aftermarket oil pressure gauges
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 00:03:56 -0400
  ...Tiico Oil Cooler / Aftermarket oil pressure gauges The Tiico oil cooler has two 10mm inputs for adding an oil pressure gauge and an oil...
• Oil Cooler/82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hewitt
  Wed, 5 Nov 2003 10:24:08 -0500
  Thanks to the many List members who replied to my message on placing an oil cooler on our 82 Westy. Lots of very useful...
• Re: oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Fri, 29 May 2020 14:22:00 -0400
  ...There will usually be some flow through the cooler which also helps avoid a shock of cold oil suddenly coming back. Properly designed and...
• Re: Oil Cooler Upgrade I did...
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Tue, 4 May 1999 15:09:19 -0700
  ...Its not a cheasy aluminum fin cooler, with the pipe running > through it. It's similar in design to the factory oil coolers on...
• 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 Temperature??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 25 Sep 2015 22:44:51 -0400
  ...Oil Temperature?? I think Dennis has a point by removing the stock oil cooler - which I call it a heat exchanger - I am thinking...
• Re: Missimg mail
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 25 Jun 2015 19:49:02 -0700
  do you mean a sandwich plate fo an external oil cooler? On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 7:43 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail...
• Re: External Oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:06:15 -0800
  > 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: oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Jennifer Rabbitt
  Fri, 29 May 2020 12:14:18 -0700
  ...oil cooler I’ve been archiving the List emails for 16 (?) years. I think you qualify as a writer Dennis as well as the...
• 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...
• The value of instrumentation
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 27 Oct 2018 14:17:18 +0000
  ...Get home check things out, the oil cooler is cold. It appears the oil cooler thermostat failed. Job for this weekend! Anyway, without gauges...
• Water pump - now oil cooler 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 4 Oct 2015 21:49:48 -0500
  ...Just wondering if there is an order for reinstalling the oil cooler that would make it easier. John
• Re: WTB Oil Cooler bits? For adding to 1.9...
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Mon, 22 Aug 2016 16:19:28 -0700
  ...WTB Oil Cooler bits? For adding to 1.9... > > Volks...now that I've got oil pressure back to a reasonable level, I'd...
• Re: question on oil cooler for 1990 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:28:06 -0400
  Hey David, When I had my engine rebuilt recently I installed both an external tranny cooler and oil cooler for the exact purpose of...
• Re: External Oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:10:23 -0800
  ...External Oil cooler To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 9:43 AM Does anyone use an external cooler? What is...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] How does coolant circuit to oil cooler work?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:56:24 -0700
  It looks to me like the idea is to prove that having the oil cooler in the circuit keeps some coolant from getting to...
• Re: oil leak above the oil filter.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 30 Jun 2005 09:53:09 -0400
  ...You need to remove the coolant lines to get the oil > cooler off, I used needle nose vice grips with hose on the metal...
• Re: Milestone
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sat, 26 Jan 2019 14:26:10 -0800
  Ten cent life (you can find him by google) in New Mexico offers a very nice oil cooler that goes in the D pillar...
• Re: Remote Oil Filter/Oil Cooler Hose
  Historical mailing list - Dave Caston
  Tue, 3 Oct 2000 14:03:44 -0400
  ...And unless you tow or pull BIG hills regularly why the need for the oil cooler? Just a another project? Just MHO. Cheers, Dave...
• Re: oil spray on startup when very cold
  Historical mailing list - Bill H.
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:12:40 -0800
  I had an oil leak in the same general area and the consensus on the list was a leaking oil cooler o-ring. I...
• Jim- Oil leak revisited
  Historical mailing list - Chris Dixon
  Tue, 5 Jul 2005 01:23:20 EDT
  ...If your oil cooler ring is doing this, it could have your symptoms. Van heats up, oil cooler ring expands, and no leak. Cools...
• Hose to oil cooler question
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 19:55:50 -0800
  On an '88 2.1L Can anyone tell me if the two radiator hoses that go to the oil-cooler are the same? Thanks...
• Re: Major Oil Leak!
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Sat, 2 Feb 2008 13:15:12 -0800
  ...Remove the oil filter. You will notice > on the oil cooler unit a large, thin nut that holds the oil cooler > into place. Tighten...