>While I'm posting, I'd like to ask about oil coolers. I'll have to find
>one for this particular car, of course, but are there brands to seek
>out or avoid?
You ought to be able to get an oil cooler with an adapter that fits where
the oil filter lives. You remove the filter, install the adapter (about
an inch thick) then the filter screws onto the adapter instead of the
block.
The adapter has 2 half inch lines that go to the cooler. Since it does
get cold where you live, I'd also recomend an oil cooler thermostat in
there.
A friend with a VW bus, has just done this to his bus and it brought the
oil temp down by as much as 80 degrees!
Here's where you can learn from his installation:
He used hose from the auto parts place. Its held on with hose clamps and
barbed fittings and it leaks. The clamps loosen with vibration and need
frequent tightening. The hose also dries out and splits.
I'd recomend that you drop big bucks at a hose and pipe fitting specialist
and have some stratoflex or aearoquip hoses made to order. This is the
braided high pressure hose used on aircraft and diesel trucks. It costs
a lot more, and it is overkill, but it will never leak or give you any
problem.
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