Should I delete the Oil Cooler
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Pro
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Should I delete the Oil Cooler
I am putting a new engine in my 89 after it was losing coolant and there was oil and combustion gasses. in the coolant. I am assuming it is from a blown head gasket, but I got thinking it is possible there is an internal leak in the oil cooler heat exchanger.
The cooler looks fine and it does not have any apparant leaks and no air noticibly escapes when I blow through it, but on the other hand does it really do anything worthwhile?
The cooler looks fine and it does not have any apparant leaks and no air noticibly escapes when I blow through it, but on the other hand does it really do anything worthwhile?
Racer
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Belive it or not, it cools the oil!
If you want to drive your car in a performance setting (the track, running moonshine on the backroads, helping bank robbers escape justice) then you would be wise to retain the oil cooler. They put it there for good reason.
If you want to drive your car in a performance setting (the track, running moonshine on the backroads, helping bank robbers escape justice) then you would be wise to retain the oil cooler. They put it there for good reason.
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If its a problem, yes delete it and clean out all the hosing. You can add a dedicated cooler for any track purposes.
Burning Brakes
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From: Florida
Belive it or not, it cools the oil!
If you want to drive your car in a performance setting (the track, running moonshine on the backroads, helping bank robbers escape justice) then you would be wise to retain the oil cooler. They put it there for good reason.
If you want to drive your car in a performance setting (the track, running moonshine on the backroads, helping bank robbers escape justice) then you would be wise to retain the oil cooler. They put it there for good reason.
Safety Car
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The early factory C4 cooler is not a true cooler by any stretch of the imagination. It plumbs coolant through the oil filter housing to help “cool” the oil.
If an early C4 owner wanted/needed to drop oil temps, they would install a dedicated cooler like you did in your C6.
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