Oil Cooler
 

Hey there everybody - Happy Spring!!

I'm having my engine rebuilt as we speak (1970 Resorter / Ford 427). The
oil cooler... 18" brass thingy with four plugs (engine oil and transmission
oil). Do these things ever go bad? I'm afraid that if there's a leak in
the heat exchange, I'll be throwing water into the oil. Does it make sense
to replace one that's 30+ years old during the rebuild process? I hate to
spend the money ($200-300), but then again I'm already dishing out a lot for
the engine, so I'd hate to cut corners if it might bite me.

Paranoid -
Doug

Why not have it pressure tested?

"Douglas St. Clair" wrote in message
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Hey there everybody - Happy Spring!!

I'm having my engine rebuilt as we speak (1970 Resorter / Ford 427). The
oil cooler... 18" brass thingy with four plugs (engine oil and
transmission
oil). Do these things ever go bad? I'm afraid that if there's a leak in
the heat exchange, I'll be throwing water into the oil. Does it make
sense
to replace one that's 30+ years old during the rebuild process? I hate to
spend the money ($200-300), but then again I'm already dishing out a lot
for
the engine, so I'd hate to cut corners if it might bite me.

Paranoid -
Doug

Well, that makes sense (duh on my part). Any idea what kind of shop I could
take it to for a pressure test?

Thanks!


"Woodchuck" wrote in message
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Why not have it pressure tested?

"Douglas St. Clair" wrote in message
...
Hey there everybody - Happy Spring!!

I'm having my engine rebuilt as we speak (1970 Resorter / Ford 427).
The
oil cooler... 18" brass thingy with four plugs (engine oil and
transmission
oil). Do these things ever go bad? I'm afraid that if there's a leak
in
the heat exchange, I'll be throwing water into the oil. Does it make
sense
to replace one that's 30+ years old during the rebuild process? I hate
to
spend the money ($200-300), but then again I'm already dishing out a lot
for
the engine, so I'd hate to cut corners if it might bite me.

Paranoid -
Doug