I have a Mocal cooler with fancy stainless mesh-covered oil lines, aircraft-grade fittings and thermostatic sandwich adapter that I will be installing on my Westy. Why? Because a family of five plus lugagge in a small trailer making it up the mountains on a 90 F day equals very hot oil and drop in oil pressure even with synthetic 15w50. The stock oil heat exchanger is not up to this task. The issue is finding a suitable location. You certainly do not want it under the vehicle where it would be exposed to potential damage. the location behind the taillight has been used by some but it requires a bit of fabrication to box and direct the cooling air from the vent. A thermostatically controlled fan opens up options. You then could mount it above the trans in the tunnel and conceivably pipe some air in if required. I don't know if anyone tried fitting the larger Passat oil heat exchager. It's a lot like the WBX piece but a lot thicker. It certainly looks like it would work if you use the Passat threaded pipe that holds it in place. I've seen these heat exchangers for around $190.
2009/10/20, David Cohen <Mtbdavid2@aol.com>: > Hi, > I was wondering if an external oil cooler, bigger than the stock one, is > good for extending the life of a stock 2.1 motor in a 1990 Vanagon? > > Thanks, > David >
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