rivercitylotus 0 Report post Posted January 3, 2006 Hello everyone; We took the front end of the car apart this week, all radiators and so on. We got everything off OK *except* the upper oil line on the passenger side was frozen so badly, I thought someone put locktite on it. finally tore the fitting of the radiator getting it out. ouch. then I heard the price of a replacement ouch ouch. i have some hope I can get it repaired. In the meantime I read about several competition lotus cars that used oil/water heat exchangers; I think they were fluidyne units. Looked good good good to me. Anyone had experience with the product? Advice? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
docf 1 Report post Posted January 3, 2006 any radiator shop can repair and refit the connector for you. This is a very common thing since those little aluminum rads are so soft. They are made by setrab and replacements can be bought direct for $150 or less. I also pondered the oil/water exchanger but that just leaves you with a whole bunch of new hoses and a pump to move all that water around the car. You could just piggyback it onto the existing cooling system but that is already operating at 100% load on hot days. The only easy idea I had was to mount a smaller oil cooler with a fan and some clever ducting in the left side rear quarter panel, the area where to intake resonator is on the other side. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
