Date:         Wed, 14 Oct 1998 13:59:19 -0500
Reply-To:     Max/Joyce Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Max/Joyce Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
Subject:      Re: Oil cooler
Comments: To: "J. Stefanovich" <stef@LOBO.NET>, vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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I would be willing to bet youcould build your own for that kind of money.
I personally wouldn't want the OP loss and road hazard exposure to another
30' of oil lines!  I took an evaporator coil from a 1975 monte
Carlo(harrison product) and had 1/2"  female aluminum pipethread fittings
on the orifices and mounted it in the rear air flow of the vehicle with a
separate air scoop and ducting for the hot air out the rear.  Using a
simple adapter plate(some even come w/ built in thermostats), I had  the
right length stainless steel teflon hoses made(#8's) and you now have a
cool engine.  This was done to my Type IV, but could easily be adapted to
the WB.

Dimwitted Moose and Flying Squirrel.

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> From: J. Stefanovich <stef@LOBO.NET>
> To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Oil cooler
> Date: Wednesday, October 14, 1998 10:51 AM
>
> Hello folks,
>         I saw an ad in a German magazine (VW Scene) for an add-on oil
cooler system that put a unit between the block and the oil filter which
pumped the oil to a small radiator  mounted underneath up front by the
spare tire.  In addition to cooling the oil this system would increase oil
capacity, a definite plus, I should think.  The price was about 150dm.
Does anyone know where something like this might be available in the US?
>
> Regards,
>
> Joe Stefanovich
>
> stef@cuci.nl
> stef@lobo.net
> stef@hempco.org