No oil cooler?

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kaedachef
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Just realized that the guy I bought my car from did not hook up the oil cooler when he did the swap. Anyone got the info on how to install this? I kno it is a must with the TT


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BigTDogg (MA)
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Z1 sells a kit for the NA, otherwise you need a TT oil filter tree and oil pan at the least

kaedachef
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it is a TT he just never hooked it up. and he had to have driven it like this so idk what to do here

kaedachef
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and he seems to have bypassed the oil coller by have a hose recirculate the oil through the tree

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NolimitZ32
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Cheap method: go buy a decent sized autozone trans oil cooler and like 6 feet of hose, remove the "bypass" hose, mount oil cooler on front of car, run one hose to one end of oil cooler and other hose to other end, DONE. this is the basic method, from here the sky is the limit on how expensive and nice you want to make it but really its possible to do for like $50

kaedachef
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i have the oil cooler he said it was a spare but turns out it was the actual one

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NolimitZ32
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Then just run some lines, he may have bypassed it cause it was clogged or leaking.

kaedachef
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Im looking at my oil filter tree and cannot find where
To hook up the oil cooler. There is a hole with a bolt in it where i think he blocked it off. Any input guys. Do i need to buy a fitting to put in there or what. The bolt is an allen head bolt

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NolimitZ32
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I honestly don't remember it's been over a year since I did mine.


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