Thanks to Dennis, Adam & Andrew.

I appreciate the responses. My oil cooler question came from the knowledge
that my van works hard as my daily driver. I don't have any current
overheating problems. I figured that "cooler is better," as a general rule.
It sounds like there is little to substantiate the claims and justify the
expense. Sounds good. Perhaps if I just drive around looking cool...

Peace in vans!

Josh
'89 Wolfy
Fall City, WA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Haynes" <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 3:34 AM
Subject: Re: Oil cooler upgrade for WBX 2.1L

> What is overheating? The coolant or the oil. This will do nothing to
> lower the water temp and the effect on oil temp will not be that great
> as you will still be using hot water to cool the oil. High loads and
> speeds will still drive the oil temp higher than the coolant temp.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
> Of Wolfburger
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 11:37 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Oil cooler upgrade for WBX 2.1L
>
> Greetings Listees!
>
> I'm thinking about ways to keep the toaster-oven-on-wheels from
> overheating. Is the cooler from Dieselgeek, a good option? How much work
> is this to install? Is this worth the money?
>
> http://www.dieselgeek.com/oilcooler.htm
>
> Any insight is appreciated.
>
> Josh
> '89 Wolfy
> Fall City, WA
>