Oil Cooler Ducting Question
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Oil Cooler Ducting Question
I had the bumper off to straighten the fins of my oil coolers yesterday.
I noticed that the drivers-side oil cooler duct had a piece of vinyl riveted to it to form the upper half of the duct. My passenger side duct did not.
Is that normal? I sure would hate to loose oil cooling flow for the sake of a missing hunk of vinyl.
Dave
I noticed that the drivers-side oil cooler duct had a piece of vinyl riveted to it to form the upper half of the duct. My passenger side duct did not.
Is that normal? I sure would hate to loose oil cooling flow for the sake of a missing hunk of vinyl.
Dave
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Yep, both sides should have it. I've seen that vinyl piece get old and crumble off from heat/weather/etc.
I replaced my passenger side duct since my car was in a minor fender-bender on that side from the previous owner, and the duct was all jacked up. The duct was pretty reasonable from Mazda if I recall - like $40ish or something.
Dale
I replaced my passenger side duct since my car was in a minor fender-bender on that side from the previous owner, and the duct was all jacked up. The duct was pretty reasonable from Mazda if I recall - like $40ish or something.
Dale
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I had the bumper off to straighten the fins of my oil coolers yesterday.
I noticed that the drivers-side oil cooler duct had a piece of vinyl riveted to it to form the upper half of the duct. My passenger side duct did not.
Is that normal? I sure would hate to loose oil cooling flow for the sake of a missing hunk of vinyl.
Dave
I noticed that the drivers-side oil cooler duct had a piece of vinyl riveted to it to form the upper half of the duct. My passenger side duct did not.
Is that normal? I sure would hate to loose oil cooling flow for the sake of a missing hunk of vinyl.
Dave
Edit: I should also mention that we both have installed metal mesh in front of the coolers on the ducts to keep them from getting beat up again. I used #6 stainless mesh from Pegasus, and he used some metal mesh he bought at Home Depot.
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