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threestar40 · 04-12-2010

Guess I never realized what an awesome oil cooler we have on these cars!

Part out is going great...I have a junk yard at my house now though

This oil cooler is bent...the car it came off was obviously wrecked...any idea what might have caused something like this...well besides the wreck. These bends aren't "stock" are they? Just looked funny to me.

If anybody needs parts, I got a lot!

Rick

scottfab · 04-12-2010

ah someone may have jacked it up from the front and missed the main support that goes across there. May have hit the oil cooler?

tccrab · 04-12-2010

That connector is on the top where the rubber connector hoses go to the engine block. Is there any damage on the bottom of the oil cooler or the car?
Hitting something large in the road might do something like that but you'd expect to see other tell tale damages.

TomC
'Crabs

1989ZR1#74 · 04-12-2010

So that's where those extra 6 quarts of oil go...

threestar40 · 04-12-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by tccrab

That connector is on the top where the rubber connector hoses go to the engine block. Is there any damage on the bottom of the oil cooler or the car?
Hitting something large in the road might do something like that but you'd expect to see other tell tale damages.

TomC
'Crabs

No other signs of damage. It's curious...more to come...the whole thing is obviously tweaked somehow, in what direction? I don't know.

Thanks for the comments...and yes, that thing could hold a lot of oil...somebody said once how much, but I don't know.

Rick =)

rkreigh · 04-16-2010

a couple of options,

aftermarket replacement, cut the tubes off and weld on some fittings

the oil cooler doesn't do too much, just a "trickle" until the thermostat opens up at 250

some oil is always passing through it but until you get over 250, just a bit

someone could have tweaked the tube trying to get the fittings loosened,

pretty ez to do.

jrd1990zr1 · 04-16-2010

It almost looks like it was bent before the plate was welded on???

phrogs · 04-17-2010

Do you have a body??

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threestar40 Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 150	oil cooler...wow! Guess I never realized what an awesome oil cooler we have on these cars! Part out is going great...I have a junk yard at my house now though This oil cooler is bent...the car it came off was obviously wrecked...any idea what might have caused something like this...well besides the wreck. These bends aren't "stock" are they? Just looked funny to me. If anybody needs parts, I got a lot! Rick

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scottfab Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Portland Oregon metro area (Washington side) Posts: 3,207	Re: oil cooler...wow! ah someone may have jacked it up from the front and missed the main support that goes across there. May have hit the oil cooler? __________________ Scott Vett owner since 1979._It's about the car and the people

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tccrab Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Folsom CA Posts: 1,649	Re: oil cooler...wow! That connector is on the top where the rubber connector hoses go to the engine block. Is there any damage on the bottom of the oil cooler or the car? Hitting something large in the road might do something like that but you'd expect to see other tell tale damages. TomC 'Crabs __________________ TomC '90ZR1 #792 Honorary Pirate [B]If it ain't FUN, you're doing something terribly WRONG. [/B]

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rkreigh Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Alex VA Posts: 1,087	Re: oil cooler...wow! a couple of options, aftermarket replacement, cut the tubes off and weld on some fittings the oil cooler doesn't do too much, just a "trickle" until the thermostat opens up at 250 some oil is always passing through it but until you get over 250, just a bit someone could have tweaked the tube trying to get the fittings loosened, pretty ez to do. __________________ 95 390 LPE ZR1 (505 rwhp) LSV = Lingenfelter Super Vette Twin Turbo 2003 Z06 (800 RWHP)

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jrd1990zr1 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Delanson, NY Posts: 911	Re: oil cooler...wow! It almost looks like it was bent before the plate was welded on???

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phrogs Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Kalamazoo MI Posts: 1,735	Re: oil cooler...wow! Do you have a body?? __________________ JOHNNY P Currently own 90 ZR-1 #845 DRM 500 engine package 90 #226 Parts car Hit me up if you need anything.