Beetle air cooled motors have an oil cooler which is mounted vertically on the rear of the case and fits inside the fan housing. There two different types with the larger used with the 'dog house' style housing in the later models. On 11/20/08, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > "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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to > + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON > + in the body of the message. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > -- Sent from my mobile device Chris S. Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur" ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON + in the body of the message. ------------------------------------------------------------ |
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