Engine Oil Cooler - Factory Tube and Fin?
09-16-2014, 12:55 AM
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Engine Oil Cooler - Factory Tube and Fin?
I've never heard of this factory type of cooler mentioned here (see attached).
Did GM ever install a cooler like this on 3rd Gens?
The only coolers I've ever seen are the ones plumbed with engine coolant.
Did GM ever install a cooler like this on 3rd Gens?
The only coolers I've ever seen are the ones plumbed with engine coolant.
09-20-2014, 01:49 PM
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interesting!! and yeah, I have only seen the ones you mentioned. where did you turn that up, may I ask?
09-20-2014, 01:57 PM
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Re: Engine Oil Cooler - Factory Tube and Fin?
Interesting. It does clearly indicate LG4, but not a vehicle line. Was LG4 used elsewhere (other than F-bodies), like Caprice, or pickups?
09-20-2014, 02:27 PM
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Re: Engine Oil Cooler - Factory Tube and Fin?
the PDF file clearly states the " F " car line. that's us right there. but I have only seen the oil to water design. no hope of ever finding one of these though. but dayum! I sure would like one of those for my 86 IROC!!
09-20-2014, 03:51 PM
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09-20-2014, 04:41 PM
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id guess on the police cars.
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09-20-2014, 05:38 PM
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Because it says "Awaiting Layout Approval" I'm guessing it wasn't approved for F Body. I ran that part number through the GM Part Catalog and it shows as a cooler used in 73-84 Blazers, pickups, and Suburbans. The part number changed to 12364237, but the illustrations I see online for that # don't look anything like what we see in the pdf you showed us. I'm no Parts guy so my trail goes cold there.
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OK, so I did some more digging, I ran the Part Number for the bracket and it came up for a 83-85 F Body Export vehicles and shows the second cooler part number is discontinued, so maybe some of the F-Bodies got this after all.
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OK, so I did some more digging, I ran the Part Number for the bracket and it came up for a 83-85 F Body Export vehicles and shows the second cooler part number is discontinued, so maybe some of the F-Bodies got this after all.
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09-22-2014, 11:44 AM
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Re: Engine Oil Cooler - Factory Tube and Fin?
Works fine in my Express!! My oil temps dropped nearly 50*F with the factory style in-radiator cooler. They were pushing nearly 300*F on long hill climbs towing 6,500 lbs.
09-22-2014, 08:37 PM
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Another needed item for our cars that GM didn't see the need to spend the little bit extra money on for mass production. I wonder if maybe it had to do with some oil conservation propaganda since oil would be running though the cooler and you would have to add more?
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