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Re: [Philly_MG_Club] Oil cooler

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Subject: Re: [Philly_MG_Club] Oil cooler
From: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2002 17:23:00 -0800
Why not run one hose as a loop back to the other outlet? Of course, I'm not
looking at it, and it may have different fittings on each end...

--

Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires

on 11/30/02 10:10 AM, JAMES SCHULTE at schultejim@prodigy.net wrote:

> Larry,
> How do I do that?  If I need to cap the filter
> outlets, where do I find the caps and what size? At a
> plumbing store?  Isn't it fine thread?
> Jim
> --- "Larry B. Macy, Ph.D." <macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu>
> wrote:
>> OK, If you are just trying to see if it runs, why
>> bother with an oil cooler
>> at all?? Can't you bypass the cooler lines??
>> 
>> Larry
>> 
>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Jim, I would highly recommend against using a
>> used
>>>> oil cooler. IMHO they
>>>> can never be completely cleaned, they will still
>>>> retain some residue, junk
>>>> and perhaps bits of metal from inside the old
>>>> engine. I don't care what
>>>> anyone claims about cleaning them, you are taking
>>>> about an item that costs
>>>> a $150 or so against a $1000+ rebuild. If you
>> don't
>>>> care about your engine,
>>>> then feel free to take the risk. The things don't
>>>> cost all that much and I
>>>> think this is a bad place to save a few bucks.
>> Using
>>>> a used oil cooler is
>>>> false economy.
>>>> 
>>>> Of course your opinion may differ.
>>>> 
>>>> Larry
>>>> 
>>>> --On Thursday, November 28, 2002 11:31 AM -0500
>>>> JDavis5073@aol.com wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Jim,
>>>>>        If you give me a call I've got one I
>>>> removed from my 73. Your
>>>>> welcome to it if you like. Might just cost you
>> a
>>>> cold brew next summer,
>>>>> thats all. I also have the hoses if that helps.
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