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Nov 11, 2010 | 01:54 PM

cello530

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Anyone know what metal the oil coolers are made of on the1982 RX7 . I'm looking yo have one repaired but it can not be done if it is aluminum.

Nov 11, 2010 | 04:41 PM

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it's aluminum and yes it can be welded by someone that has experience welding aluminum. unless it's has a split in the threaded piece where the lines connect, then i doubt that can be fixed.

Nov 12, 2010 | 10:34 AM

cello530

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Rxtasy3, Thanks for the information.

Nov 15, 2010 | 08:23 PM

es743u

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Thats exactly what happend to mine i removed the bottom plug an tightned it to much. I took it to fabricating shop but they were gonna charge more than i found one on ebay for.