"A.J. Portmann" <ajportmann@YAHOO.COM> said:

>  anyone added an oil cooler to an air-cooled van? i have an '82 Westy and
>  am of the same thought that cooling the oil during high stress/heat
>  times would be a good thing.

I'd just use synthetic (e.g. Mobil-1) oil it will tolerate the heat and
it's a lot less trouble than adding plumbing to your oil system.

Don't the air-cooled motors already have an oil cooler anyway?  I know
that the motor on my old Beetle did.

Allan

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