another cooler explosion

LateralG'z

Chris from Failsafeperformance in tulsa and i pieced together a great oil cooler kit. I went out to the track the other weekend and put in four hard twenty minute sesions and I have had my cooler for almost two months. I am sure he could price out the same kit. Mine has not had any problems or leaks and I have the bumper off all the time and as we are changing things. Like ModShack kit, Chris could get you straightened out with something similar that is great for the money.

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TipsZ

I have to say after GTM sent the new lines, I have not had an issue since. In fact, going up and down the Dragon .. beating her hard in 2nd and 3rd most of the way .. I barely got above 225. Granted, when I was running the ambient temp was in the high 80's.

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1slow370

ok i'm reclaiming my thread, within 200miles of the failure it seemed i had dodged the bullet. That was until the intake valve timing stopped working. turns out there is a little screen that is in the supply line to the cam sprocket and it was plugged solid. they cleaned it out and replaced the sprockets and within 50 miles of the dealership the car started making a horrible banging noise like a loud rumble. I suspected a transmission problem but when i went in to replace the aftermarket flywheel for stock i found some thing even better. there is over an 1/8 of an inch of crankshaft end play on my motor the thrust bearing must be almost completely gone.

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simons

What caused this problem in the first place and can it happen to someone else?

Did this happen before or after your oil cooler leaked?

SE

OP's oil lines exploded. Oil leaked out. Caused bearing/engine failure. Obviously it happened after the fact.

Trips

reported ^

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Prosport Gauges

this would have never happened if you had an oil pressure gauge

Joseph B

Thats what the little light on your dash tells you,low oil pressure.

Prosport Gauges

you are aware by the time this light comes on your motor is basicly toast anyways OR you will always have that little thought in the back of your mind.... "i wonder if this leak caused any damage".

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JB1

I assume you have a solution for that?? Do you offer an easy to install oil pressure gauge kit for our cars? If so I'm interested.

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wilsonp

If you have a catastrophic failure like an oil cooler line coming loose, how much time will it take for a noticeable oil pressure drop on a gauge versus the light?

On my NSX the oil pressure varied quite a bit based on engine RPM and VTEC engaged.

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Chris@FsP

On a gauge, it will be instantaneous.

Prosport Gauges

I do have a solution. We make a oil adapter plate that fits right in between your block and oil filter. This provides up to 4 ports so you can mount a temp sensor and oil pressure sensor.

you will need a M20x1.5 plate. here is a link

Oil filter adaptor plate-Sandwich adaptor Plate -Prosport Gauges

and our premium series gauges have a built in peak/warning so you dont have to constantly look at oil pressure. It will warn you and beep when you fall to low.

cossie1600

i am not sure if that is helpful since most oil cooler install are through the oil filter hole