Crazy extra oil cooler setup

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Today I found the craziest attempt at additional oil cooling I have ever seen. Systems drew oil from center bottom of oil pan via 2 electric pumps and many feet of rubber hose through 4 12"x12" oil coolers mounted under the floor and returned the oil to the valve covers via tubes welded into the cover with a few holes "squirting" oil toward the rockers. See photos for a good laugh.
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One good speed bump and it would become another "Valdez" fiasco.
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LOL a likely superfund cleanup site indeed.
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Bubba should stick to rockets and lawnmowers. Geez.

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Well, you have to give him an "A" for a LOT of effort!

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Craziest "Rube Goldberg" contraption I've ever seen! :rolling: :not worthy: :sad5:

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Is any of that even rated for oil use? Lol those look like fuel pumps and heater hose.


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lostboy wrote: Thu Mar 23, 2017 6:45 pm Is any of that even rated for oil use? Lol those look like fuel pumps and heater hose.


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Probably not , best I could determine it was fuel pumps and fuel or trans fluid rated hoses. It was leaking all over but then there was quite a few connections.
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lostboy wrote: Thu Mar 23, 2017 6:45 pm Is any of that even rated for oil use? Lol those look like fuel pumps and heater hose.


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Probably not , best I could determine it was fuel pumps and fuel or trans fluid rated hoses. It was leaking all over but then there was quite a few connections.

lol I wonder why this seemed necessary. Also I wonder is it was effective at all. I drive my 80hp vair with partially bad engine tin seals in 90 degree weather and it stays within operating temperature.


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lostboy wrote: Fri Mar 24, 2017 10:27 am
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lostboy wrote: Thu Mar 23, 2017 6:45 pm Is any of that even rated for oil use? Lol those look like fuel pumps and heater hose.


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Probably not , best I could determine it was fuel pumps and fuel or trans fluid rated hoses. It was leaking all over but then there was quite a few connections.

lol I wonder why this seemed necessary. Also I wonder is it was effective at all. I drive my 80hp vair with partially bad engine tin seals in 90 degree weather and it stays within operating temperature.


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My thoughts exactly. With the coolers all mounted flat under the floor pans and therefore not really getting any airflow through them I doubt this system did much except increase the oil capacity, make leaks, and make it impossible to do a complete oil change. This is why it all went in the trash, but you know the guy who did this was likely a rocket scientist:)
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A rocket scientist? Only if he worked for Morton-Thiokol (the infamous space shuttle solid fuel booster builder...) :td: :td: :td:
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