Oil cooler, yes or no...
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Oil cooler, yes or no...
Wondering how many people deleted the oil cooler or added the oil cooler to their cars. Are there any real benefits from it, especially when running a lower temp thermostat.
Long story short I'm considering removing it simply to clean up the engine bay a little and reduce the overall number of coolant lines. It still has the original hoses which need to be replaced if I'm going to keep it.
Long story short I'm considering removing it simply to clean up the engine bay a little and reduce the overall number of coolant lines. It still has the original hoses which need to be replaced if I'm going to keep it.
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Most including me feel its junk and proceed to delete it. The vettes for the most part did not even have it and I believe they deleted it on later LT1 f-bodies. If I really wanted to cool the oil, I would use a air intercooler type which would be far more functional.
I once read that the f-body oil cooler is not so much of a cooler as it is a heater primarily. The coolant reaches operating temps much faster than the oil so in the interest of lesser emmisions, GM wanted to get the oil up to operating temps faster. So they used this piece in question to do that. Just what I read in many places. Kind of makes sense.
I once read that the f-body oil cooler is not so much of a cooler as it is a heater primarily. The coolant reaches operating temps much faster than the oil so in the interest of lesser emmisions, GM wanted to get the oil up to operating temps faster. So they used this piece in question to do that. Just what I read in many places. Kind of makes sense.
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Is the bolt that holds it on 1in?
In the process of removing mine and dont have the right size socket or wrench. Wanna know before i head out to get one. Thanks!
Joe
In the process of removing mine and dont have the right size socket or wrench. Wanna know before i head out to get one. Thanks!
Joe