I'm with you, Bill. When I bought my B the oil in it was black &
sticky. A year and several oil changes later after the rings let go
there was still goop and some metal in the oil cooler. I elected to
replace both cooler and hoses, junked the old one. I couldn't bear to
even give it away, as I didn't want it on my conscious if someone else
tried to use it and suffered FOD to their engine.
Cheers,
CR
WSpohn4@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 14/04/03 9:20:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> owner-mgs-digest@autox.team.net writes:
>
>> I have not
>>replaced or ever tried to clean my oil cooler in 15 years and 175,000
>>
>> Barney - I trust you haven't blown an engine!
> If you did, getting the bits out of the cooler is challenging, to say the
> least. Ultrasonic cleaning is probably the best bet; no cleaning can result
> in a swift second running of the bearings.
>
> Some racers toss the cooler after a big blow, but as I use a REAL expensive
> unit, I clean it.
>
> Bill
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