Anyone got rid of the oil cooler on a 94
07-08-2009, 11:32 PM
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Anyone got rid of the oil cooler on a 94 Anyone removed the oil cooler and ran without it with any ill effects. Can't find one to replace the one that came off the stock blown 350. Can't be sure all the metal was cleaned out of it, so I wont reuse it. THANKS JB
07-09-2009, 12:28 AM
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You can run fine without it, but if you do want to use it, backflush it with solvent and just be sure to run a non-bypass oil filter (like the Purolator PureOne filters) and you won't have to worry about it...
The cooling is on the inlet side of the filter, not the outlet, thus anything in the cooler will be trapped in the filter as long as there is no bypass built into the filter...
The cooling is on the inlet side of the filter, not the outlet, thus anything in the cooler will be trapped in the filter as long as there is no bypass built into the filter...
07-09-2009, 09:09 PM
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When a stock oil cooler is in place that bypass actually acts as a oil heater until the thermostat opens.
The factory places a hose from the bottom port on the radiator to the waterpump on cars without a factory oil cooler. It *IS* necessary for proper thermal operation of the cars cooling system.
07-09-2009, 09:16 PM
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Not sure why GM even had it. I think I asked this question over a year ago, not even all LT1s had it I think I was told. Didn't transfer it from my old motor to the new one. If anything its nicer not having those two hoses running amok. I did run a hose from my radiator to the waterpump though instead of capping it off.
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07-10-2009, 04:00 AM
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And you should not do that, as mentioned before, as that is a bypass hose that allows hot coolant to circulate between the waterpump and radiator, thus when the thermostat opens up there is less thermal shock...
When a stock oil cooler is in place that bypass actually acts as a oil heater until the thermostat opens.
The factory places a hose from the bottom port on the radiator to the waterpump on cars without a factory oil cooler. It *IS* necessary for proper thermal operation of the cars cooling system.
When a stock oil cooler is in place that bypass actually acts as a oil heater until the thermostat opens.
The factory places a hose from the bottom port on the radiator to the waterpump on cars without a factory oil cooler. It *IS* necessary for proper thermal operation of the cars cooling system.
07-10-2009, 08:48 AM
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Not sure why GM even had it. I think I asked this question over a year ago, not even all LT1s had it I think I was told. Didn't transfer it from my old motor to the new one. If anything its nicer not having those two hoses running amok. I did run a hose from my radiator to the waterpump though instead of capping it off.
Clearly it is not needed because the Vette does not have it.
Yes i took mine off and sold that **** on ebay, once I cleaned the ton of chunks and stuff out of it.
07-10-2009, 10:12 AM
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And you should not do that, as mentioned before, as that is a bypass hose that allows hot coolant to circulate between the waterpump and radiator, thus when the thermostat opens up there is less thermal shock...
When a stock oil cooler is in place that bypass actually acts as a oil heater until the thermostat opens.
The factory places a hose from the bottom port on the radiator to the waterpump on cars without a factory oil cooler. It *IS* necessary for proper thermal operation of the cars cooling system.
When a stock oil cooler is in place that bypass actually acts as a oil heater until the thermostat opens.
The factory places a hose from the bottom port on the radiator to the waterpump on cars without a factory oil cooler. It *IS* necessary for proper thermal operation of the cars cooling system.
07-10-2009, 02:15 PM
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you know my car use to always be at at around 180. i broke the water temp switch when i was installing my headers so i got a new one. now it is always at around 196-197. so im guessing the old one was reading wrong. maybe your's is also?
Keeps my car nice and cool 