Can you plug in the oil cooler lines?
Pretty sure you can’t just plug the lines. 100% of the oil supply to the engine goes thru the cooler, so plugging the lines would starve the engine of oil. It’s not like the engine cooling system where the thermostat cuts off flow to the radiator until the engine is warm. Similarly one may ask, can you bypass an oil cooler?
What happens if an oil cooler line fails?
Unscrew an oil cooler line from the radiator using the line wrench. What happens if oil cooler fails? When an oil cooler fails, it can force all the coolant out of the engine and raise the risk of an overheated engine, which may lead to possible engine damage.
How can I get Oil out of my cooling system?
The oil will be present all over the engine, radiator, expansion tank, coolant reservoir and hoses. Removing oil from the cooling system can be a very difficult task to accomplish and it is one that requires a lot of patience and perseverance. Luckily, commonly available dishwashers are very effective in getting rid of oil from the cooling system.
What causes oil to get into the cooling system?
A very frustrating situation can arise where either the engine oil or automatic transmission fluid finds its way into the cooling system and mixes with the coolant solution. The oil will be present all over the engine, radiator, expansion tank, coolant reservoir and hoses.
Can you just tap the oil cooler and plug?
Catastrophic engine failure is what I would fear. My lines were modified to accept AN lines,and provided the solution that I prefer. not plugging the lines..plugging the adapter.. and totally removing the lines to the front of the car.
Do you need to remove the oil cooler adapter?
You need to remove the oil cooler adapter and replace it with a standard non-cooler adapter then reinstall your filter on it.
Can you use a pf52 oil cooler adapter?
Using the L99 adapter just deletes the ports for the cooler lines all together, since the L99 doesn’t use a cooler. The oil filter size doesn’t change, you can still use the PF52 or equivalent. You can probably find an adapter cheap at the junkyard if it’s a cost issue. Then you just have to get the gaskets for the adapter, which are also cheap.
What’s the best way to replace a radiator?
Catch coolant in a bucket, and ATF in a oil pan. Remove hoses, drain, remove radiator, voila. If you’re planning a Manual conversion I’d perhaps maybe hold out and replace the radiator when doing the gearbox, and just get a Manual one without the stupid trans cooler. Or even just get a manual one anyway and get a separate cooler for the ATF.