Perfect example of products that are supposed to help becoming their own
maintenance nightmares. Seen many an aftermarket oil cooler or hose for same
destroy an engine or transmission.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Hector Zapata
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 6:59 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Go Westy auto trans cooler

A few months ago I finished an overhauling on Ursula, replacing everything
related to fuel and cooling systems, engine and automatic transmission oil
coolers, a/c hoses, etc. Two weeks ago I had to drive a couple hundred miles
round trip, and noticed the transmission was siliping. Checked the fluid and
had to add two pints, and a quart when I got home. This week the leak was
worse, but I couldn't find where it was coming from until today, when I had
the van up in ramps, and degreased the tranny area, and checked the cooler
hoses. Everything was tight when I checked them, so I started the engine,
the oil cooler itself was leaking big time. So I lowered the thing,
re-started the engine, and the leaks were coming from both ends, turned out
all the bolts holding the end caps to the cooler bodt were loose, ALL OF
THEM. If you recently installed one of these, please check it when you get a
chance, I spent a lot of money on transmission fluid and risked burning the
tranny, since this is my only vehicle at the moment.

Hector
1990 Carat 'Ursula'
203,000+ miles on original engine