Oil cooler, here I come!

"MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig" (MR2_FTW) 09/24/2013 at 23:05 • Filed to: None

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Happy dance time.

MtrRider Just Wants Doritos > MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig 09/24/2013 at 23:08

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vdub_nut: scooter snob > MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig 09/24/2013 at 23:22

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B5 and B5.5 pimpsats came with these.

After 100k miles, they leak like a bitch. Best of luck, sir.

Casper > MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig 09/24/2013 at 23:33

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That the thermostatic plate?

Casper > vdub_nut: scooter snob 09/24/2013 at 23:34

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Holy crap, if I got 40k from a sandwich plate without refreshing it I would be happy. To expect 100k from multiple seals and a spring thermostat system is crazy.

vdub_nut: scooter snob > Casper 09/24/2013 at 23:47

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I'm really not sure how many seals these have, but I know there's ONE that can fail and simulate a head gasket failure. It's replaceable, but I'm lazy, and trying to sell the damn thing.

Casper > vdub_nut: scooter snob 09/24/2013 at 23:49

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Have you checked to make sure it hasn't just worked it's self loose from the block after a lot of oil changes?

vdub_nut: scooter snob > Casper 09/24/2013 at 23:51

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Mine doesn't really have any problems, aside from a few drops of oil. No oil in *MY* coolant!!

MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig > Casper 09/25/2013 at 10:01

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Yep!

MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig > vdub_nut: scooter snob 09/25/2013 at 10:05

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MK1 MR2's and AE86's have stock oil cooler plates as well. When they leak, it's like $15 in gaskets to fix. NBD. It's when you have shitty-designed stock water-to-oil coolers that fail internally that you have to worry about getting coolant and oil mixed up

Casper > vdub_nut: scooter snob 09/25/2013 at 11:40

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A sandwich plate shouldn't allow oil into coolant. All they do is allow oil to leave from the filter into lines to a cooler and back into the system. The only way it could get into coolant would be bad head gasket or something on the engine or if you had a combo radiator/oil cooler that broke a weld.

Casper > MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig 09/25/2013 at 11:40

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Nice, that's what I'm using to help get up to temp before my cooler kicks in.

vdub_nut: scooter snob > Casper 09/25/2013 at 11:49

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I have no idea what design it is. I do not have the problem. The oil that forms on the outside could very well be dripping onto it from elsewhere.