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Re: Tencentlife Oil Cooler
Historical mailing list - neil n
Fri, 8 Apr 2011 10:52:07 -0700
...the external oil cooler isn't cooling the oil all the time. Neil. On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Dave Mcneely...
Re: Puking Oil from Oil Cooler
Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:42:57 -0500
...Puking Oil from Oil Cooler > Hi, > > > Today, the temp here on the seacoast of SE Massachusetts has been in > the teens, actually this am...
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...
91 GL Oil Cooler O-Ring replacement
Historical mailing list - Thomas Boyd
Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:29:54 -0800
Just had my tranmission oil changed and the mechanic said my oil cooler needs to have the o-rings replaced. Seems pretty straight forward...
question on oil cooler for 1990 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - David Cohen
Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:42:35 EDT
Hi, I was wondering if an external oil cooler, bigger than the stock one, is good for extending the life of a stock 2...
Re: Price of 81 Vanagon engine? Plus Oil Cooler question
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Wed, 3 Nov 1999 16:56:26 -0500
...Use as an augmentation to the stock oil cooler, NEVER as a replacement. Better used with an oil thermostat, and better placed at the...
Re: External Oil cooler
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:02:25 -0800
...You do NOT want to remove the oil-to-coolant bit from your engine.� Don't think of this as an oil cooler, rather...
Re: oil light
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Tue, 17 Oct 2017 12:10:02 -0700
...I have the same oil cooler (not a Synchro though). No problem with hoses and engine tin. ??? mcneely On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at...
Re: Massive oil leak into cooling system!
Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
Thu, 10 Jan 2002 06:51:59 EST
In a message dated 1/9/02 5:21:12 PM, TCarrington@RELITECH.COM writes: << When the oil cooler goes bad >> Tom, From the...
Re: Oil cooler, D-pillar, Syncro - question
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:34:48 -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[2]: Back on heating
Historical mailing list
6 Feb 95 13:42
...I've heard of the oil-cooler idea before but it would have to be a secondary oil-cooler, beacuse you still need the...
Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:38:27 -0500
...Perhaps that is true for the oil, also, especially if there is an effective oil cooler in the system, but oil is less effective...
Re: Sandwich oil cooler adapter question
Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
Wed, 26 Sep 2001 23:52:35 -0700
...Sandwich oil cooler adapter question I just finally got around to installing the axillary oil cooler on my 83 Westfalia Air Cooled. I installed...
Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:38:00 -0400
...Perhaps that is true for >the oil, also, especially if there is an effective oil cooler in the >system, but oil is less effective...
Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Wed, 25 Oct 2017 06:27:25 +0000
...Yes, the oil cooler feed and return went to the lower hose. No radiator flow such as cold engine, no cooling for the oil...
In the Dog House
Historical mailing list - DREW BIRD
Sun, 12 Oct 1997 14:34:32 -0400
I am considering installing an external oil cooler on my 1973 bus. I have been told that on the >71 engines with the Dog...
Re: Missimg mail
Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
Thu, 25 Jun 2015 21:51:48 -0500
...pictures of a device - a >> cooler or a sender - that goes beween the oil filter and the oil cooler. I >> want to look at...
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...
oil leak found? (oil cooler)
Historical mailing list - mac stricklen
Tue, 13 Oct 1998 19:37:03 -0700
...I looked under oil leaks in the index in Muir and found mention of the oil cooler being a common source of oil leaks...
Vanistan oil cooler discontinued
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:14:58 -0700
I was about to purchase the Vanistan oil cooler but it’s no longer available. Anyone have one that you haven’t installed that...
Double nut?
Historical mailing list - Jim Quan
Sat, 9 Jul 2005 19:24:03 -0700
Getting ready to replace the o-ring on my oil cooler and have researched the archives and need to know what the list means...
Re: ## changing 1990 2.1L waterleaker oil cooler hoses in situ
Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
Thu, 8 Aug 2002 09:52:46 -0400
Last month on my 1990 I changed the water pump, the 2 small hoses to the oil cooler as well as the 2 small...
Re: External Oil cooler
Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:46:28 -0500
Chris, Here are a few pix of my oil cooler project (still in progress). http://neksiwel.20m.com/photo_1.html Click on to...
Re: oil pressure
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sun, 8 Oct 2017 12:38:37 -0700
...Most oil thermostats work to keep oil temp below 200. > Most begin to activate around 160 and fully route oil to the cooler at...
Re: Install of tencentlife External Oil Cooler
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Sun, 22 May 2011 21:23:25 -0600
...Like climbing up long, steep desert grades at 4,000 > rpm in first gear. > That's why using this kind of oil cooler is...
Re: My overflow tank is full of oil!!!
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:43:09 -0400
Could be your engine oil cooler has gone bad and now you are getting oil into the coolant that way. Here is the easiest...
Re: Engine External Oil Cooler
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Tue, 19 May 2009 18:23:19 -0600
My experience with the aux oil cooler was with a SETRAB that had a fan built in, so it was mounted in the base...
Re: Oil cooler
Historical mailing list - John Connolly
Thu, 22 Apr 2004 08:36:24 -0600
you should NEVER EVER "remove" the stock cooler. If you want to add an aux cooler, do it IN CONJUNCTION with the stock one...
Re: oil temps- was Air scoops
Historical mailing list - Rob
Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:43:36 -0500
...on a cooler >block?...i.e., coolant and oil temps. > >Shortly after buying this van ('02), I put a SETRAB oil cooler w/fan...
Re: auxillary oil cooler
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Sat, 7 May 2005 10:56:48 -0600
Jake wrote: "Anybody out there have experience with auxillary oil coolers on air cooled engines?" No Jake, I don't. But, for what it...
Good/Bad? Bernie B.Oil Coolers
Historical mailing list - Martin Sage
Sun, 10 Aug 1997 19:25:09 -0700
...Has anyone used one of the electric fan type oil coolers? How good are they? I'm especially interested in BUS owners. Thanks for...
Re: More Cooling System/ now oil coolers
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Thu, 3 Oct 2002 02:54:51 EDT
...buy a 96 plate transmission oil cooler, mount it up front with a sucker fan, and run 1/2" copper lines to an oil...
Re: Homemade head temp gauge?
Historical mailing list
Wed, 14 Jun 1995 18:55:22 -0700
>> Hey- the bus is running pretty well, 65 mph @ 11% throttle, 70 mph @ 17% >> throttle, all at about 190 degrees oil temp pre cooler...
Re: Oil cooler coolant Leak ?
Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:01:39 -0500
...coming > from the oil cooler ( and I was convinced it WAS the cooler) I found > out > after swapping the cooler that it was NOT...
Re: Nice WBX....
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:51:36 +0000
...However I wonder if you would ever get in the situation where the remote cooler cools the oil below the factory heat exchanger, which...
Re: Oil overfill -- now what?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 25 Jun 2015 23:02:50 -0400
...Having the oil cooler can make checking oil tricky especially after a change if the system allows some oil to drain from the cooler...
Re: Cold Weather Driving
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Thu, 26 Dec 96 15:50:22 CST
the only problem i know of with vanagons and winter is that the seal between the engine and the oil cooler (that silver square...
Re: Milestone
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Sat, 26 Jan 2019 09:34:39 -0800
...there's another option is the Vanistan oil cooler (Chris Corkin) https://intrepidoverland.com/shop/deluxe-oil-cooler-kit/ works very well... pricey though...
Re: Oil cooler upgrade for WBX 2.1L
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 4 Mar 2003 06:34:38 -0500
...Oil cooler upgrade for WBX 2.1L Greetings Listees! I'm thinking about ways to keep the toaster-oven-on-wheels from overheating. Is...
Re: oil leak above the oil filter.
Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
Thu, 30 Jun 2005 09:32:30 -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: Tencentlife Oil Cooler
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Fri, 8 Apr 2011 11:50:55 -0700
...2011-04-08 at 11:17 -0500, Dave Mcneely wrote: [snip] > I did not like the situation, and ordered a tencentlife oil cooler. [snip]
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: engine temperature
Historical mailing list
Thu, 18 Aug 94 14:31:44 EDT
...Sitting in line with the exit hose to the second cooler is an oil temp switch which automatically turns the fan on at 180F...
Oil Temp...
Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
Thu, 30 Apr 1998 18:14:50 -0700
...I'm guessing that the oil is as hot or hotter than the oil cooler, and the cooler is at coolant temp. so this...
Re: oil to coolant coolers, get rid of the one on the automatic transmission!
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Wed, 25 Oct 2017 15:28:39 -0700
I'm sure it will be an oil to air cooler, don't worry about it. -----Original Message----- From: Eric Caron [mailto:ecaron1@comcast...
Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:43:59 -0400
On Sep 15, 2010, at 1:29 PM, Robert Stewart wrote: > David, > > I have aux oil cooler that I purchased from busboys I believe...
Re: Oil Buzzer advice
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Thu, 1 Oct 2015 23:37:41 -0500
...BTW, I do have a tencentlife cooler, and I believe it has mattered to my oil temperature and thus oil viscosity, and thus oil...
Re: Oil cooler upgrade for WBX 2.1L
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 9 Mar 2003 23:31:55 -0500
...I have removed the stock oil cooler on my Syncro and installed an external plate cooler 196,000 miles ago. In cold weather, the...
Re: Coolant/Oil that oil filter interface.. reasons
Historical mailing list - neil n
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:38:23 -0700
...Speaking of larger coolers, there are some that have mounted external oil coolers. If you're curious, search Kayakwesty on the samba. Actually here...
Re: Coolant/Oil that oil filter interface.. reasons
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:29:58 -0700
...I can't imagine the "oil cooler/heat exchanger" could have much to do with oil consumption.. usually that would be about piston rings...
Auxiliary oil cooler on WBX?
Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
Mon, 24 Oct 2005 20:54:51 -0400
Is an auxiliary oil cooler a worthwhile addition to a water-cooled (WBX motor) Westy? I have a left over auxiliary oil cooler with...
Re: Oil in coolent
Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
Sun, 19 Sep 2004 00:50:17 -0700
...I changed the oil cooler and flushed the cooling system but STILL have oil floating up. That (the cooler) would of been the easiest...
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...
2.1 Viton Oil cooler Seal??
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Wed, 25 May 2011 21:40:07 -0500
...at the oil cooler was leaking. It was doing it again last winter and into the spring, until I changed oil and returned to...
Re: oil cooler
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Tue, 1 Apr 2014 10:11:30 -0500
...Checking to see if anyone has experience mounting an oil > cooler in the right (passenger side) air scoop. > Model is an '83 Westy, came...
Eurovan oil filter Warning
Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
Tue, 2 Sep 1997 12:47:00 -0500
...There is an oil cooler on EV's just like the ones on Vanagons. It is held onto its mounting by a large, flat...
Re: Massive oil leak at oil cooler/block interface - 87 westy
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Tue, 25 Feb 2003 11:28:00 EST
...The O-ring between the engine case and the oil cooler has queefed out, most likely because or the Articlike conditions. It is hard...
Re: Auxiliary oil cooler on WBX?
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:51:00 -0400
Dont know if the cooler can be added to a 1.9. Dont be mislead by the coolers small size. This is a liquid...
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: question on oil cooler for 1990 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - phil zimmerman
Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:11:32 -0700
...Hi, I was wondering if an external oil cooler, bigger than the stock one, is good for extending the life of a stock 2...