RE: Factory Oil Cooler removal Q's...

[John Erickson <hombre@elp.rr.com>]

I know that at least one of the coolant hoses is no longer available.  The 
solution is the 8v hose and a real oil cooler.  Potterman has all the answers.

John
87 16v


At 11:26 AM 10/22/2001 -0700, Fry, Larry wrote:
>Ron-  I'm curious; what are the reasons for removing the factory oil cooler?
>
>Larry  sandiego16V
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Cheapass Ron [mailto:rapieper@yahoo.com]
>Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 10:02 AM
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Factory Oil Cooler removal Q's...
>
>
>I spotted a coolant leak under Victor's hood recently, it is from one
>of the hoses that has a branch going to the factory oil/coolant heat
>exchanger.  Perfect time to un-plumb that beast, I think.  So...is it
>just a matter of getting the 8V hoses and removing the sandwich adapter
>(which requires a shorter threaded pipe to mount the filter, right?)?
>
>Also, for youse with no oil cooler, what is your fully-warmed-up oil
>temp?  If you could give me an idea of around-town driving vs. after
>heavy driving, I'd appreciate it.  FWIW my car now gets to about 105C
>and won't go above that unless I'm running it *very* hard.
>
>Thanks doods (and doodettes),
>
>=====
>Ron (Cheapass)
>'87 16V, ("Victor"), '93 Cabby ("Teufelhasen")
>ICQ 108845455
>
>Stupid is as stupid does.
>-F. Gump
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