guess I should get a new core since there could be metal from a blown engine in there. The sandwich plate should be easy to make sure its thoroughly clean though, right? Isn't the thermostat able to be removed from the plate?
On 9/1/07, DocWyte <[email protected]> wrote: > > I had the volvo plate, but never installed it. Sold > it awhile back. Oil cooler stuff is pretty critical, > I wouldn't buy used. You don't know what happened to > the previous motor and whats in the core... > > I was seeing 220-230 oil temps regularly with my stock > 16v... > > > --- Chad Rebuck <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Anyone use a volvo thermostatic sandwich plate when > > adding an external oil > > cooler to their 16v? I'd like to get one of these > > with a volvo cooler. > > > > I've got the turbo on the car finally... running > > only 6 psi and it is just > > fast and very smooth. Oil temps are much higher > > (about 220 - 230 normal > > driving - barely in boost) so I need to get a cooler > > on there before I take > > it to the track. > > > > I don't have the final pics in this vwvortex post > > yet but all the progress > > step by step stuff is there > > > > http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3278010 > > _______________________________________________ > > a2-16v-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all > the tools to get online. > http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting > >
