head/oil cooler update (argh!)

[carsandkites at gmail.com (Kervin)]

I don't think there is a way to check the oil cooler/warmer.  That was
one of the first things I fixed on my car.  From what I've read, it is
there to help the car warm-up faster so it will have lower emissions. 
You may want to look into just going with out it.


On 10/16/05, Phil Boeye <gooddane66@yahoo.com> wrote:
> So I drained the oil and yanked the oil cooler.  Oil
> was normal and not diluted; hence, no coolant to speak
> of what being forced into the oil system.  It *was*
> oil into the cooling system, however.
>
> Oil cooler - just no way to check this aspect of it,
> because it would be the oil being forced into the
> coolant passage and that is high pressure.  I filled
> the coolant passage with old coolant but none would
> leak out of the oil passages.  Not surprised; that
> would take some pressure and I can't provide that.
>
> Cleaned up the head and block deck - they were pretty
> awesome.  Head gasket was primo.  Could not find any
> cracks in the head and checked for warpage - NONE.  It
> checked out very nice, as a matter of fact.  Not sure
> what else a shop would do to the head to check it?
>
> So I am left to think it MUST be the oil cooler.  What
> else could it be?  I'd really like to get a
> known-to-be-good, used oil cooler and slap that up
> there.  Not sure if a shop can check out an oil cooler
> or not for integrity.  Not really even worth the money
> to have that checked, I wouldn't think.
>
>
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