alpinecrick
I'm Awesome
I better let my dad know that his 350 with no oil cooler that has made it 300k miles is in danger.
But seriously, many, many 350s have lived very long lives with no oil cooler. You’re not going to hurt anything by removing them. I was tired of the leaking lines, even when new, so I removed them.
Chevy SB's went 100k's of miles with tiny radiators and no oil coolers, by the time the GMT400's came along the TBI's and Vortec's needed more cooling and lubrication. I wonder why GM went to 6 quart capacity with the LS motors? May as well just run 5 quarts--it'll do fine.
No doubt the factory spent all that R&D, cost of manufacturing, increasing the cost of the vehicle, so somebody could "improve" the design 20-30 years later by deleting it.........
Just like the guys who delete the trans cooler.
Seriously, it increases the odds of a shorter lifespan of the motor. In both cases the "coolers" in the radiator are really heat exchangers, serving to warm the fluid as the coolant warms up. Cold starts and driving the motor and trans when they are still cold is allegedly the hardest on the engine and trans.
AC Delco lines and new O rings in the connectors will last a long time without leaking or seeping.