Date:         Sun, 22 May 2011 20:00:30 -0500
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Can this do that?
Comments: To: Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM>
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My 2.1 with the tencentlife oil cooler takes one quart more than it did before to fill it to 3/4 above the lower mark, which is my usual filling point.  DMc

---- Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> So you added a quart and then how much more?  This oil cooler sounds
> like it adds quite a bit of capacity to the oil system.  Seems like
> the guy who made it would know exactly how much.
>
> Edward
>
> At 07:09 PM 5/22/2011, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> >I just installed tencentlife's external oil cooler kit. The instructions
> >were to then start the engine, wait for the oil pressure lamp to go out,
> >then shut it off and top off the oil.
> >
> >The oil pressure lamp never came on, so I let the engine run and idle a
> >few moments, then shut it off.
> >
> >Is there a way to test the oil pressure lamp?
> >
> >I check the oil level and before we started the work, the oil was just
> >above the lower notch on the dipstick. Now it was off the bottom end. So
> >I put in a quart and re-started the engine.
> >
> >It sounded like crap. Couldn't hold a idle, rattled like drained down
> >hydraulic lifters. Shut it off, check oil level. Still below the
> >dipstick, added more, restarted. Could barely idle. There were gulping
> >sounds coming out of the oil filler neck.
> >
> >Shut off, add more oil now it's above the lower notch and idling and
> >sounding fine.

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David McNeely