Thread: Oil Pressure at Oil Cooler for the 617 motor, Anyone know?
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Old 02-05-2011, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by warmblood58 View Post
Again, I pull the lower hose mount to oil cooler well after I have pulled sump plug and I always get well over 1 quart of dirty oil. I maintain an oil level between upper and lower marks on dipstick - try it yourself, you will see more oil than you think drain over two hours!
There is no way that I would unhook my oil cooler hose to settle this discussion. Just unhooking those big lines from that fragile cooler gives me the willies when I actually have to.
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