Hi, Courtney, I never had a problem back when I did mine, but then, I was on a tight budget and doing work for people with very little money - that's why they were driving VWs. This was back in the early 1970's.
The filter pump is a good thing, but be aware that the oil cooler is downstream of the pump. Anything that comes loose from the cooler has only one way out of the oil passages - and that is through a bearing or a lifter. The filter will never see what fries your bearing - hence the warning. Chuck Kuecker Courtney Hook wrote: > Chuck, I've cleaned out the oil coolers before with carb cleaner, which is > aluminum safe. I've let it soak in there for a couple of days, then rinsed > it out with water, followed by high air pressure. So far I've logged many > thousands of miles on two seperate engines with no problems. Of course, I > might have been lucky, but for awhile, doghouse coolers were not readily > available. The two I've done, are still good, however, I also use a filter > pump. > Courtney > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chuck Kuecker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 2:06 AM > Subject: Re: [vintagvw] How to clean an Oil cooler? > > > >> Back when I had a shop with a Safety-Kleen parts washer, I would flush >> out coolers with the washer pump. From all that I have read and heard, >> though, you are better off replacing the cooler with a new one, as no >> amount of flushing will ensure that you get all the gunk out of all >> those little corners inside - and if you loosen what's in there, it's >> liable to break loose and flow right into the bearings - not good. >> >> _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
