oil cooler change NOW!!!!!!!! - Page 2

caterashaker · #11 (**permalink**) 12-07-06, 10:35 AM

Are you talking abouth the , "heat exchanger," that is mentioned and pictured in the Catera Coolant Leak Sticky by ewil3rd?

wamanning · #12 (**permalink**) 12-07-06, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by contourbs

if you wanna keep your catera change your oil cooler now. i just did my first oil cooler in a 2000 catera and it was justso easy to do then changing the engine in one i did last week because the oil cooler failed. also why is this not recalled. this part fails on all of them, they have redesigned them so they know there is a problem. if i wanted to keep the catera running spend the 225 dollars and change that thing before its too late, or better yet dont and ill keep buying these nice cars for a 1000 dollars or less

if i do this, i wanna be sure i get the right part.

contourbs · #13 (**permalink**) 12-07-06, 12:53 PM

yes heat exchanger, oil cooler whatever you wanna call it

wamanning · #14 (**permalink**) 12-07-06, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by contourbs

yes heat exchanger, oil cooler whatever you wanna call it

how about that part# for the updated stuff?!

contourbs · #15 (**permalink**) 12-07-06, 05:28 PM

all the coolers you buy now are the updated ones

caterashaker · #16 (**permalink**) 12-13-06, 07:24 AM

Hey Contourbs or Guardian, what did guys pay for the oil cooler and where did you guys purchase them from?

contourbs · #17 (**permalink**) 12-13-06, 10:55 AM

there around 220 at the dealer but i get employee price. it you buy it off ebay its the same price

caterashaker · #18 (**permalink**) 12-13-06, 01:40 PM

Thanks

guardian · #19 (**permalink**) 12-14-06, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by caterashaker

Hey Contourbs or Guardian, what did guys pay for the oil cooler and where did you guys purchase them from?

Just saw your post.

I've not had to buy one of these. But the eBay route works for me if you want to stay domestic.

Otherwise, I might seek out European opportunities. Sometimes stuff can be cheaper over there, though with the dollar being as weak as it is I don't know..

Also, do not fail to consider the various Euro-eBay sites. You never know, they might be willing to ship to the USA. And they don't ALWAYS cross-list because they don't think of us as their #1 market and it costs money to cross-list.

tmkktm · #20 (**permalink**) 12-14-06, 05:20 PM

Ok, just would like to clarify, because there's a major confusion between some of the guys in the thread- one of them is talking about transmission problem, thus the transmission oil cooler. The other one is the heat exchanger(as caterashaker mentioned) which is also called the oil cooler, but the engine oil cooler and it's replacement is NOT so easy, because it's located in the "valley" between both engine heads and you have to take the whole intake and vacuum hoses and so on to get to it. That's the one that I will be changing some time soon, because I have engine oil in my coolant. I would like to know if you are talking about that one and if yes, I've been trying to buy the whole kit and change the thing, but every time I try to get the part and go online or ask on the phone everybody thinks I'm talking about the transmission oil cooler or some other kind of external cooler, which makes it very hard to find unless you have the right Part # (thus my final point, what is the freaking part #:-)

Thanks!