Oil cooler failure - first hand experiences?

[hackney]

All done!

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[v8hgt]

Now you can use the car properly without the constant fear of it nuking the engine whenever you go on a drive..... I know that feeling well. The first real trip after getting this done is so much better.... post warranty expiry and until I had mine done I was reluctant to use my car for 7 months...

 

[hackney]

Now you can use the car properly without the constant fear of it nuking the engine whenever you go on a drive..... I know that feeling well. The first real trip after getting this done is so much better.... post warranty expiry and until I had mine done I was reluctant to use my car for 7 months...

Yup,drove it home like I “stole it”!Fantastic things to drive!

 

[kaiser_sosai]

Yup,drove it home like I “stole it”!Fantastic things to drive!

Good to see Ron. How was your experience with AutoTech? I'm thinking of making the Harrop switch soon.

 

[GT 550]

I trust they put the oil cap back on?

@kaiser_sosai IMHO you're in pretty safe hands with Autotech.

 

[hackney]

Good to see Ron. How was your experience with AutoTech? I'm thinking of making the Harrop switch soon.

Great to deal with,Chris did my install,very knowledgeable guy.Highly recommended.There was a couple of Mustangs in there.One was on its second engine(oil cooler failure) the other one was having a supercharger install.Cheers.Ron

 

[TeamDenno]

Absolutely disgusting! Fixed under warranty?

Yeah. Totally. Brand new engine. Which then had the IMRC's fail 25,000kms later....

 

[hackney]

Yeah. Totally. Brand new engine. Which then had the IMRC's fail 25,000kms later....

How old was the vehicle?When did you purchase?Cheers.

 

[TeamDenno]

How old was the vehicle?When did you purchase?Cheers.

Built January 19th 2017
Delivered as new 20th May 2017

 

[hackney]

Built January 19th 2017
Delivered as new 20th May 2017

Same as mine!Mine has 14,000ks on clock.Hell,I “dodged”,a bullet!

 

[TeamDenno]

Same as mine!Mine has 14,000ks on clock.Hell,I “dodged”,a bullet!

Yup. Shit happens!

 

[GT 550]

Mine had 21k km on it before I had the cooler fitted, no sign of trouble. Actually can't recall the last time anyone posted a failure.

 

[TeamDenno]

Mine had 21k km on it before I had the cooler fitted, no sign of trouble. Actually can't recall the last time anyone posted a failure.

There was another one recently on the S550 facebook page in QLD. But yes, the instances seem to have slowed down.

 

[stang_86]

Couldn't help myself, but I remember this post from three years ago, your worst nightmare Ron...

i must have had karma that day.

at least end of the day fixed under warranty only issue I had was due to headers etc it was getting mis fires took it back to tuner pump tune back it happy days.

 

[kaiser_sosai]

Do any of you know how a non-factory oil cooler might affect existing insurance policies?
I'm guessing most insurers would consider a third party cooler a performance modification and thus use any non-disclosed 'modification' as a loop-hole for denying a claim.

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