Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:32:43 -0500
Reply-To: mcneely4@COX.NET
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From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
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You are right Alistair, and of course in retrospect (and by the reasoning I applied) it needs to be. thanks for pointing it out, and I don't mind looking foolish (better not mind ;-) ) DMc
---- Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> If you read tencentlife's ad you will find that it is
> thermostatically controlled
>
> 1. Oil Cooler Kit: all kits include Mocal sandwich plate adapter with
> built-in thermostatic control valve, efficient stacked-plate cooler,
> pre-built Parker hoses with spin-on fittings, custom support
> structure, engine intake air ducting, and all hardware. All oil
> cooler kits install easily with basic tools, in base of right D-
> pillar. Detailed instructions are provided.
>
> Different kits are available depending on year/model:
> >For 2.1 liter 2WD vans: $350.
> >For 1.9 2WD vans: $420.
> >For Syncro: $550. Syncro kit includes a built-in thermostatically
> controlled SPAL fan to keep your oil cool during low-speed offroading
> excursions.
>
> Oil Cooler Kit is strongly recommended to get the best performance
> and longest service life from one of my rebuilds. I will increase
> your warranty period from one year to two years when you buy and
> install the oil cooler at the same time as your new engine.
>
>
>
> alistair
>
>
> On 15-Sep-10, at 9:35 AM, Dave Mcneely wrote:
>
> Mark, the oil lines to the air cooled coils, for example a
> TenCentLife oil cooler. But please tell me more about the option
> you mentioned. Might be less prone to develop leaks, without oil
> lines and connections? DMc
>
> ---- VWBrain@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 9/15/2010 11:23:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > mcneely4@COX.NET writes:
> >
> > It occurred to me that if the oil cooler works well, the oil might
> > run too
> > cool when ambient temperatures are relatively low. Is it possible
> > (and
> > practical, reasonable) to install a valve in the feed line for the
> > cooler
> > (and maybe another in the return line) that could be opened and
> > closed
> > depending on need? I realize that this would create an additional
> > complication --
> > that it would be another point for possible failure. Or am I just
> > trying
> > to over engineer something? Anyone with experience with an
> > auxiliary oil
> > cooler might know if I am trying to solve a problem that doesn't
> > exist.
> > Maybe the oil would have no problem running hot enough, even with
> > the extra
> > cooling capacity.
> > Thanks, DMc
> > --
> > David McNeely
> >
> >
> >
> > hey David what feed lines? the coolant ones?? seems like a lot of
> > trouble to use another water cooled oil cooler. They make a
> > sandwich plate that
> > allows you to hook up oil lines for a remote oil cooler that goes
> > above the
> > oil filter. this is the easiest way to install one and works very
> > well on
> > the type 4 motors we have put them on. I have never put one on a
> > vannie
> > later mark d
>
> --
> David McNeely
>
--
David McNeely
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