94 cobra thinking of yanking the oil cooler

[africamagical]

I have a little bit of coolant seeping around the water pump to metal tube side, i think tis due to the fact the hoses arent oem, and the peices are so short regular tubing doesn't like that sharp bend.

I am thinking of just picking up some gt prebent hoses and eliminating the cooler entirely, the hard lines look like ass and have rust spots anyway.

Is there an aftermarket cooler I should consider to replace it?
Are air exchange oil coolers even worth the hassle?

thanks for any help

 

[revhead347]

I don't even know why Ford put that oil cooler on there. It does virtually nothing, and adds a lot of extra tubing that's just a hassle to work around. I vote to yank it. There are plenty of engines out there making in excess of 1000hp with no oil cooler.

Kurt

 

[95Cobra302]

Its actually an engine oil warmer too after start up to get it to optimal temp and an oil cooler. I deleted mine a few years ago to clean up the engine bay. I figured I hardly ever drive it and never road race it, so it wasn't doing much. Went and got a GT bypass hose and hooked it up to the hard coolant line. Looks much better under the hood.

 

[africamagical]

I think i've been convinced It's definitely coming out; that will let me use the alt routing for the serpentine belt, so I can eliminate the need for the idler pulley i added for the smog delete.
Now the fun game of guessing belt sizes starts again.

 

[Chythar]

I do agree that the Cobra oil cooler doesn't really do much, an aftermarket cooler would do better. But if you're only junking it because the hoses you have aren't a good fit, check out this thread - I found replacements for the OEM hoses that are really close.

 

[revhead347]

I don't think it does anything honestly. Well except get in the way. There are cars with a lot more power than a stock Cobra and don't have hot oil problems.

Kurt