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I have an oil cooler and I can smell hot oil after the driving. If there is no leak, you'll be ok.

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Old 10-15-2012, 06:20 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I have an oil cooler and I can smell hot oil after the driving. If there is no leak, you'll be ok.
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I have an oil cooler and I can smell hot oil after the driving. If there is no leak, you'll be ok.
But the oil temp doesn't even get close to burning temps, and it REALLY smells like oil... Normally I'll smell the death of test pipes, but occasionally I'll only smell oil
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