Trouble Installing Oil Cooler
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Trouble Installing Oil Cooler
I tried to install this today and ran into trouble. The water outlets point away from the block and do not allow using the factory hoses. Does anyone have a way to plum this thing? And yes, I know you can discard it and just put the filter on. I have already purchased the Moroso. It wasn't cheap. Any help is greatly appriciated.
Moroso 23692 Oil Cooler Filter Adapter
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That is not an oil to coolant "oil cooler" in itself. It is an adapter to plumb an external oil to air cooler to the engine and still retain the filter mounting location.
The holes in that adapter are oil, not coolant. That's why Chump said "you will be a world of hurt if you hook that up to coolant."
It may have been expensive, but it is the wrong part if you are replacing the factory oil to coolant oil cooler.
The holes in that adapter are oil, not coolant. That's why Chump said "you will be a world of hurt if you hook that up to coolant."
It may have been expensive, but it is the wrong part if you are replacing the factory oil to coolant oil cooler.
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Swell. I thought this was to replace the factory oil cooler. (whether it cools or heats) So what replaces the factory one? Mine is mixing oil and water. Maybe I have the wrong picture. I'm not the best at this computer stuff. The one I have is labeled "In" and "Out": I'll have to see if I put up the wrong thing here.
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Okay, How about this one? I believe this is the correct one. If I knew how, I'd post a picture of it on my car. But that technology is way beyond me. When mounted, the "In" is perpendicular to the block. It states for SBC, but maybe I just bought the wrong one?
Thanks for the input folks.
Thanks for the input folks.
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Still just an adapter to route oil out and back in to the block. Follow the passages, you'll see that they connect to the oil passages at the top (engine) and the bottom (filter).
I just spent about 10 minutes googling around trying to find a replacement for the stock cooler but didn't find anything at all. Only "sandwich adapters" like the Moroso that allow installing an external oil to air cooler. Requires plumbing, mounting the cooler, routing the hoses, a bit of work and more expense.
If your cooler is mixing coolant and oil it has to go. I agree with you, and also like to maintain originality and OEM functionality. But if a new cooler isn't available, I'd remove the bad one, obtain the stock filter bypass valve adapter and mount the filter directly. The 85 has an oil temperature readout. Use it to monitor oil temps incurred in the type of driving you do. If oil temp tends to regularly reach "uncomfortable limits" (to me, sustained <250F) , install a remote oil to air cooler. Cheers.
I just spent about 10 minutes googling around trying to find a replacement for the stock cooler but didn't find anything at all. Only "sandwich adapters" like the Moroso that allow installing an external oil to air cooler. Requires plumbing, mounting the cooler, routing the hoses, a bit of work and more expense.
If your cooler is mixing coolant and oil it has to go. I agree with you, and also like to maintain originality and OEM functionality. But if a new cooler isn't available, I'd remove the bad one, obtain the stock filter bypass valve adapter and mount the filter directly. The 85 has an oil temperature readout. Use it to monitor oil temps incurred in the type of driving you do. If oil temp tends to regularly reach "uncomfortable limits" (to me, sustained <250F) , install a remote oil to air cooler. Cheers.
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Thanks for the replies. Guess I'll have to reject this idea. Good thing I kept the part for the oil filter to spin on. Guess I'll plug the 2 open ports for now. I'm thinking a piece of hose out of the block to the plumbing hanging down. Rats.
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I thought of looking up the part number for the cooler, then searching for it. The P/N is 14084369.
Dino's has 2, $125. I've bought stuff from Dino, he was ok to deal with.
Dino's has 2, $125. I've bought stuff from Dino, he was ok to deal with.
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