Re: oil cooler/heaters

[Toby Erkson <Toby_Erkson@ccm2.hf.intel.com>]

First, the rear anti-sway bars.  Yes, they (whoever "they" are) make them 
for swing axles.  But it's called a Camber Compensator (that's the 
leaf-spring you saw, BA).

The heater you're talking about, if I'm correct, is one I've seen and it's 
only for the Bug.  I'm sure it could be used for a Notchback or Fastback if 
those vehicles have the luggage(?) space behind the back seat like the 
Bug's do.  I believe the theory is valid, that it would heat the car, but I 
personally don't like anything else about it.  Reasons:

1.  Routing oil lines into the car?  Make sure they're bullet proof!!! i.e. 
you're confident that they'll NEVER leak.
2.  Warmer weather will require you to move the oil cooler to the outside 
of the car, generally back into it's stock location.  It's February and 
that traditionally means cold weather.  But for a couple of days it's been 
warm enough for me to actually slid my rag back and enjoy the sunshine 
(wish this happened more often, right Jason?).  During those times I 
would've had to move the oil cooler.  Not a clean job by ANY means!

You could probably have both oil coolers installed with a (manual?) switch 
to control which cooler is being used.  But for those times when one isn't 
being used, like in the summer, the internal (cabin heater) one, the oil is 
just sitting there.  During an oil change that oil couldn't be changed 
unless you added a custom fitting at the lowest point to allow drainage and 
that would undoubtedly need to be plumbed through the body/pan.  Yuck!  My 
opinion -- definitely not worth the trouble, hassle and cost.
     Toby Erkson
     air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
     '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L
     '75 Porsche 914 stock 1.8L for sale


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Subject: oil cooler/heaters
Author:  type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE
Date:    2/27/97 9:07 PM


I've seen the ads for an oil cooler that you can run inside your  car,
and use as a heater.  I don't know anyone who has ever tried one but the
idea sounds good.  What I'd like to know is if anyone has tried one,
whether the heater worked very well, and did it keep the engine cool as
well as a stock cooler.  I would also like to know if they make rear
sway bars for swing axle t-3's.

Sean & Ellen
sespar@kalama.com