<VV> Tear-down III (was Rebuild II) -- oil cooler

[Paul Rollins]

At 03:39 PM 3/25/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 13:53:11 -0600
>From: Stephen Upham <contactsmu at sbcglobal.net>
>Subject: <VV> Tear-down III (was Rebuild II)
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
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>Last night, I began tear-down III.



>...  The
>iron debris were extremely fine, but it clumped around the end of the
>magnet like a ball. Most likely the debris came from the replacement
>oil cooler that I bought.  I thought I had throughly cleaned it by
>having a radiator shop put engine cleaner in it and then blow it out
>with a pressure hose, and then I put paint thinner in it and immersed
>it in hot water which caused it to spit the thinner back out.  I did
>this probably six or seven times alternating putting thinner in the
>cooler and shaking it back and forth until there were no more debris
>coming out; about fifteen times.  I also hand cleaned the front case
>cover and all of the oil passages.  Perhaps it came from the top case
>cover.
>         Regardless, I going to tear it down again and leave no stone 
> unturned
>in removing every last bit of debris.
>
>On the positive side, I am getting pretty good at a tear down and
>reassemble.  I've almost got the torque ratings memorized. ggg
>
>Stephen Upham
>Corvairium II


Is this replacement oil cooler new or used? If used, it may not be a good 
idea to use it. These are almost impossible to clean out.

Paul