What is the best way to eliminate the cooler? I was thinking of removing it and connecting the coolant hoses together.  Any downside to that setup?

Thanks

Bob McCullough

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
> Date: October 23, 2017 at 22:46:50 CDT
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
> Reply-To: Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
> 
> Sure sounds like a messy job.
> 
> Did you buy that 2 year old cooler new? Sounds like you put a lot of miles
> on it?
> 
> I guess I was lucky. The O ring on my oil cooler had started leaking so
> upon inspection of the cooler, noticed it was starting to craze or crack a
> little.
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 8:08 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> ......
> 
> 
> 
>>   I was hoping all the posts about the VW and the weak oil cooler was
>> wrong....but mine, about two years old, went out too...When I get a chance,
>> I'll be taking that out and making a better setup... I never want to deal
>> with another failure...and I'm lucky nothing more serious resulted from it
>> blowing..
> 
> 
> 
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> Neil n
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