Thanks Bob, I was intending to keep the oil cooler anyway, I know some
people say they are not needed but I believe differently, I have subjected
my previous MGs to some harsh conditions (100+ degree temps in Greece and
Portugal) and never had an overheating problem, a lot of that was due to the
oil cooler I believe.
Our engine hasn't been in service for 10 years but it has been started and
run for a decent length of time regularly, it has also got very clean, new
oil and was rebuilt shortly before it was installed in the car, the oil
cooler now fitted was new when the engine was fitted, I will get somebody
who knows what they are doing to look at it and give me an opinion.
Thanks again for the advice.
MikeB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Howard" <mgbob@juno.com>
To: <barnesms@swbell.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: Testing stuff.
> My guess that what he meant by "toss it" was that the oil coolers are
> not as easy to repair as radiators. Also, over the years if an engine is
> not in service, they tend to fill with the crud that settles out of
> engine oil. Cleaning them can loosen the crud yet not remove all of it,
> so some can get released into the oil once more.
> No-don't do without an oil cooler. MG spent the money for them because
> they belived the oil coolers worthwhile in the North American market.
> Buy a new one if you must, but do keep one in the system.
> Bob
>
>
> On Wed, 11 Apr 2001 20:45:48 -0500 S & M Barnes <barnesms@swbell.net>
> writes:
> > Thanks for the answers, my natural tightwad instincts have been
> > suitably
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