Hey guys,
i bought a used b16 oil cooler ....it looks clean, but how do i know its not bad? am asking cause am not sure if they go bad or anything? i dont want my engine oil to mix with the radaitor coolant! let me know

Km

 

i dont think they go bad, from my understanding the oil runs inside and the coolant runs outside in seperate channels (divided by metal). I dont think there is a place for them to mix....

Im assuming your referring to the oil cooler that goes on the back of the block...

 

yea exactly it goes at the back, but my question is does the channels go bad by any chance? if that seperation channel goes bad then the oil will mix with the rad coolant.....now is the seperation metal channel is thick and good quality? i guess am paranoid!

 

yeah its pretty thick and solid i highly doubt it would go bad..

what makes u think somethjing wrong with the cooler?

 

i wouldnt worry about it

 

has anybody tried stabbing it lately? if not your good. even better would try to search and find one person with a bad oil cooler. im guessing you would find nobody.....and if anybody has had problems plz tell us.

 

well the person who told me to ask around had his stock oil cooler go bad and made his rad get filled with oil...and yea this happened to his LS1 camaro (NOT A B16)! his car is modified

well my car will have a turboed b16 and wanted to ask if this is common!


Modified by IntegraTypeR at 5:28 PM 4/23/2006

 

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it is not at all common.

 

Is this the black spongy item located a little up and right of the oil filter? Im after a part number for a h22 stock oil cooler.