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Old 11-01-2014, 09:51 PM   #43 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Cobb View Post
I assume it was a red neck fix to a blown head gasket by filling the cooling system with engine oil.

If its an older vw, those are air cooled, no water there or radiator. I was never into those, but I was the firs gen water cooled ones.
There's an oil cooler in an air-cooled VW, it meets my criteria for a radiator. The add-on ones you might install on an enhanced engine - or just to improve on the feeble original - look the part even more.
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