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• 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: 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: ## 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: Larger Audi a/t cooler fits transporter
  Historical mailing list - aka.bugle
  Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:54:55 -0400
  Sweet! Do we all agree that 30psi is sufficient to test the water side of these coolers? On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 8...
• "Koolatron" cooler
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Feb 1997 22:05:59 -0500 (EST)
  I just saw an ad in a magazine for a electric cooler (two sizes - 14qt, and 30qt) made by a company called "Koolatron". It...
• Re: ATF Oil Cooler ?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 27 Oct 2002 07:48:56 -0500
  ...ATF itself still looks good. > >Can my symptoms mean anything else but a bad oil cooler? Can I get a new >oil cooler in...
• Re: Leaky Oil cooler 89 GL
  Historical mailing list - Stanley, Kerry
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 22:44:58 -0500
  ...Also those two hoses to the oil cooler should be replaced. Trying to get the oil cooler off will pretty much ruin any dried...
• Re: Auto Trans Cooler - question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:15:21 -0400
  ...On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote: > Jeff, if the transmission cooler was leaking from the...
• External oil cooler for Vanagon FS
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mari
  Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:05:21 -0700
  With all the talk about oils cooler I just wanted to let the list know that I have one Laminar type Oil to Water...
• Subject: Re: coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 12 Feb 1997 15:48:16 PDT
  > > after a drive there develops a puddle of coolant below the oil > filter/oil cooler/water pump. my pump was replaced by the dealer...
• Install extermal oil cooler? Re: Trans fluid in coolant system
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Wed, 4 Apr 2012 18:27:05 -0700
  I checked on TheSamba and found an affordable oil cooler, something that other cars use, without using the cooling system to mess up the...
• Re: It's Friday somewhere
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 11 Jul 2014 01:03:47 -0300
  ...yet this works: >> >> <https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryangrepper/coolest- >> cooler-21st-century-cooler-thats-actually> >> >> Looks like a worthy addition that any self...
• Re: Oil cooler coolant Leak ?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:24:50 -0500
  Hey Ben - You are the expert so I won't dispute your never seeing a bad oil cooler - however I can tell you from...
• 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...
• Cooling your Oil.
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 27 Jun 2003 20:10:50 -0600
  ...regarding the post saying there are pics of the oil cooler installation on a TIICO at the link below: once you get there click...
• Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:19:19 -0700
  An oil cooler will make your engine live a longer and happier life Mike. The Bus Boys kit doesn't include an oil thermostat...
• Re: Oil Cooler Marks
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 22 Dec 2015 09:48:28 -0800
  ...Oil Cooler Marks > This is regarding the oil cooler on a Jetta 2.0 engine in my Vanagon. -- Neil n Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general...
• Re: What is the oil flow in a type IV cooler ?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 9 Jun 2019 11:20:05 -0700
  ...The > oil bypass is at the stock oil cooler level. There's 2 holes. top and > bottom . Which one in the supply and return...
• Re: Tranny oil cooler,(homemade kit?)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:00:23 -0500
  ...Little flow of air over the > cooler under this situation. > > Brent Weide's web site has fine how-to install a cooler. > > Link: <http...
• 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...
• Oil cooler project (correction)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 22 Sep 2001 08:42:43 -0500
  ...I need a sump plate and an oil strainer plate for an oil cooler project. P-mail me with your price request. I plan...
• Automatic transmission cooler-advice wanted
  Historical mailing list - Ahlgrim, Kevin
  Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:55:08 -0500
  I believe my 1984 automatic transmission cooler has failed since I have fluid coming out my fill tube and from all the research I...
• 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: Go Westy auto trans cooler
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:58:51 -0700
  ...I have a GW ATF cooler, installed a couple months ago, and am getting underneath the van this weekend, hopefully, to install a temp...
• Re: '80 Westfalia-- best way to drive over passes
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 20 Feb 2002 20:12:09 -0600
  Since we're back onto oil coolers, I'll finish up on a link I started last week. Subject: Installing Mazda RX7 oil cooler...
• Re: Funny travel experience
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 17 Jun 2023 10:20:41 -0400
  OK, This was a way to fun read! It makes me think, maybe I could get more out of my electric cooler by putting...
• Re: question on oil cooler for 1990 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:18:07 -0700
  ...Spal and some other companies make fans that will work well in tandem with a Mocal oil cooler. http://www.batinc.net/ (hint: Look...
• Re: oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 1 Apr 2014 10:16:20 -0500
  ...He offers a great cooler at a reasonable price, and it comes with very detailed instructions and all the parts needed. I have one...
• Re: Oil overfill -- now what?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 26 Jun 2015 10:03:09 -0700
  ...is the oil in the cooler will or will not going back to the engine when I shut off the engine? thus will it...
• Trans fluid in coolant system
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Wed, 4 Apr 2012 11:43:26 -0700
  ...Also I was real surprised how expensive a new cooler cost, between 530 and 300 dollars. I would think an external radiator type cooler...
• Re: Well, It finally did it....
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Nov 1998 07:53:59 EST
  Usually the coolers don't go bad. If they do it is internally (mixing oil with coolant). Also there is a service bulliten out...
• It's Friday somewhere
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 10 Jul 2014 18:06:58 -0700
  ...https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryangrepper/coolest-cooler-21st-century -cooler-thats-actually Though I think it has "Vanagon content" in the sense it...
• 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: External A/C ?
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 23:21:08 -0600
  Negative on the swap cooler, Chris--this unit is a NOS AC unit--not a cooler--- And it looks as though the dryer, and...
• Re: Oil cooler, D-pillar, Syncro - question
  Historical mailing list - GMac999
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:35:56 -0600
  Or another option is to use a cooler with and integrated fan and a thermostat. I've run them on several VW's, air...
• 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: external oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Jim Crews
  Sun, 21 Jul 2019 09:09:54 -0400
  To echo Dennis, as he just put one of these oil coolers in front the radiator of my 84 Westy with a worn 2...
• Re: Oil Cooler and Bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 18:17:00 -0500
  ...Oil Cooler and Bleeding > Just got my hoses from http://www.bus-boys.com/index.htm and gonna put > them in. Pretty easy job...
• 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 cooler R&R
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 11 Sep 2015 22:06:32 -0500
  ...Oil cooler R&R > > Got a water leak somewhere in the vacinity of the oil cooler. The plan is > to remove the cooler, replace...
• Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:43:57 -0500
  ...Of course, the tencentlife cooler is in fact a Mocal (think I spelled that right) cooler. I've got the link for that outfit...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Wed, 20 Feb 2002 22:08:00 -0600
  ...Installing Mazda RX7 oil cooler. The cooler has been mounted below the Westy next to the LP fuel tank, it hangs down to just...
• Re: Oil cooler upgrade for WBX 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 22:11:42 -0600
  ...Every other oil cooler I have ever seen involves a lot of extra plumbing, routing of lines, finding new locations for coolers, worrying about...
• Re: oil to coolant coolers, get rid of the one on the automatic transmission!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 25 Oct 2017 15:06:10 -0700
  ...oil to coolant coolers, get rid of the one on the automatic transmission! While having an ATF cooler fail makes for a mess it...
• Re: Is It Cool To Be Cooler?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 09:56:11 -0700
  Dave, Seems that the building full of engineers who designed the Vanagon could have easily chosen a 10 degree cooler thermostat. Unless you can...
• thermoelectric cooler problems
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Sun, 5 May 2002 16:23:37 -0400
  <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV>hi everybody,</DIV> <DIV>bought one of those igloo thermoelectric coolers today for this summer's camping activities...
• Re: Dometic Cooler
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:55:04 -0700
  ...Mark Jim Ogul wrote: > On Craigslist here there is a Dometic chest type cooler that runs on AC, 12 > volt and propane. Is that...
• Re: rebuild questions
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Wed, 22 Nov 1995 15:58:32 -0800 (PST)
  On Wed, 22 Nov 1995, David Schwarze wrote: [Talking about oil coolers for a rebuild...] > It's kind of like birth control. A new...
• Re: Oil coolers
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 21:41:54 EDT
  In a message dated 8/27/00 7:44:03 PM, matandded@netway.com writes: << What is the conscensus on an oil cooler for...
• Re: Oil filter Coolers......just more snake oil?
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Sun, 24 Aug 2003 15:40:56 -0500
  ...Oil filter Coolers......just more snake oil? > Hey does anyone know if these oil filter coolers > really make a difference? > product link: > http://www...
• The Ultimate Oil Cooler
  Historical mailing list - charles fladger
  Thu, 13 May 1999 16:32:56 -0700
  ...I have found that the massive oil cooler used in the Mazda RX7 is perfect for cooling down the hottest engine. I used one...
• Re: external oil cooler for 82 vanagon? Heating up????
  Historical mailing list - Jared Roy
  Mon, 13 May 1996 22:23:42 -0600 (MDT)
  I have an 82 vanagon and I am thinking of installing an exterval oil cooler. I have a VDO temp guage on the sump...
• Re: Leaky Oil cooler 89 GL
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Tamara Nelson
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 17:09:50 -0700
  ...When we got some cold weather, I had a gusher from the top of the cooler for a few seconds every start. Changing the...
• Re: cognitive dissonance and refrigerators
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:40:45 -0400
  Make sure the lid of that cooler is on tight.I think that you can improve cooling with a Go Westy fan placed inside...
• Cooler Seat for the Eurovan MV Weekender package
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 9 Apr 95 11:52:29 EDT
  ...If anyone would like to buy the seat, with cooler, please let me know.
• Re: Who's got their Bentley handy?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 4 Sep 2004 21:56:04 -0600
  ...18, "ATF cooler, installing" and the number on the image showing how the cooler is attached to the end of the tranny, ins numbered...
• Re: Leaky Oil cooler 89 GL
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 13 Dec 2000 00:23:05 -0800
  ...However I noticed that the problem was simply that the nut holding the oil-cooler on had worked loose slightly allowing oil to seep...
• Type 4 heavy duty oil pump advise for mounting the oil cooler in the front.
  Historical mailing list - Christophe Guilbert
  Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:04:58 -0700
  Dear list I am getting rid off my oil cooler by using a oil bypass with a cooler mounted in the front. There's...
• 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...