rodgling
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 10:40 AM |
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scrap my oil cooler?
After spinning a big-end bearing and filling my oil with tiny particles of bearing material, should I scrap my oil cooler, or is it safe to flush it
and re-use it with the replacement engine?
I'm leaning towards replacing it, better safe than sorry.
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daviep
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 10:51 AM |
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Unless it is something special or uber expensive I would ditch it.
Davie
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rodgling
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 10:56 AM |
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Well it's considerably cheaper than a new engine, put it that way...
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Agriv8
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 12:00 PM |
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if it your oil filter is in line ( filter in series ) you should be ok as this will have caught ( or will catch ) the debris i would have
thought.
regards
Agriv8
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bi22le
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 12:34 PM |
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Where would you stop with this sort of thing?
Pipes
oild cooler
full engine flush and head clean?
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 01:05 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bi22le
Where would you stop with this sort of thing?
Pipes
oild cooler
full engine flush and head clean?
There are is a lot surface area inside and oil cooler, (after all that's how they cool the oil!) so lot's of places to trap particles..
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BobM
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 01:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Agriv8
if it your oil filter is in line ( filter in series ) you should be ok as this will have caught ( or will catch ) the debris i would have
thought.
I agree. When I shredded my busa clutch I gave the cooler a good swilling out with petrol (in both directions) till I was getting no
more of the glittery stuff out and reused it with no problems. Probably worth sticking a new oil filter in at the same time and replace the filter
again after running for a while.
Yes, an oil cooler's cheaper than a new engine but they don't exactly give them away.
Not very Locost but very BEC 
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Strontium Dog
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 01:46 PM |
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Personally I'd clean it along with the rest of the engine and especially all the galleries in the crank or feeding the bearings etc! If you do
decide to replace it then don't throw it away, send it to me!
[Edited on 9/5/12 by Strontium Dog]
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britishtrident
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 03:09 PM |
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Remove it degrease and reverse flush it with a garden hose.
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ashg
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 06:39 PM |
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When I did the shells on my engine I just flushed the cooler with thinners and blew it out with an air line. its been fine for well over a year now
and I dropped the sump last weekend when I cracked it and everything was fine.
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