Can you bypass the oil cooler instead of.

Tiny
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Can you bypass the oil cooler instead of replacing with out damaging or staving the top end from oil
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 AT 2:33 PM

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Tiny
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If the oil cooler is leaking oil into the coolant you need replace it not bypass it I would get the Cadillac catera oil cool to replace it they use the same engine in the car.
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 AT 4:17 PM
Tiny
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Does it provide any lubrication to the top end?
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 AT 5:30 PM
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No it it cools the oil in the engine think of it as a oil filled radiator submerged in coolant. The oil flows thru it and thru its fins and being submerged in coolant cools the oil in the engine.
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 AT 5:39 PM
Tiny
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Ok thank you I was just trying to avoid pulling the intake to replace the oil cooler, I did bypass it but now it's acting like its starving the top end with oil. I pluged the supply and return lines to the cooler so maybe it's not getting any oil circulation.
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 AT 5:45 PM
Tiny
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Oh you plugged them not good sounds like thats your problem best to put a new one in. That engine was designed to use that oil cooler you dont want to damage the engine.
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 AT 6:02 PM

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