I have an oil cooler on my car and had to relocate the filter. The only place we could put the filter was under the drivers fender infront of the tire.

By DaRk (66.50.181.125) on Monday, September 06, 2004 - 01:05 am:

Is that possible, as to say that it'll keep Your engine's oil running cooler?

By farenheight101 (24.69.255.203) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 09:34 pm:

I was always thinkin of using my auto rad as an engine oil cooler by purchasing an oil filter relocation kit and putting the hose after the oil filter through the rad and back to the engine. Would this work? Or is the diameter in the rad's auto cooler piping too small?

Cheers

By DaRk (66.50.182.13) on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 04:20 pm:

:D

By Chris Elder (211.30.173.220) on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 04:07 am:

Dark...
im EXACTLY the same as u
i had a hondamatic 79 now its 5 speed :P

By DaRk (66.50.181.72) on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - 10:56 pm:

It's rectangular...still has some oil in it :s , I have a '79 1200 , it was hondamatic , now has a 5sp trans.

By Butch Dennis (216.40.234.38) on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - 07:29 pm:

DaRK,
What does the small radiator look like? Is it a long round tube with fins around it (circular) or is it rectangular. Does the regular radiator have the cooling ports in the bottom that went to the auto trans? Which civic do you have? Which year?

The long round one was installed for cooling the power steering fluid and was pressurized by a pump that was part of the speedometer gear. It should be almost as long as the radiator is wide.

If it's rectangular, there's no telling what it went to. If there's no adapter at the oil filter site (for a cooler), it's probably an auxiliary cooler for the long gone auto.

The oil cooler that was stock on the '79 - '82 Accord/Prelude's was installed vertically alongside the radiator (driver's side) and could have been retrofitted for almost any reason.

By DaRk (66.50.183.75) on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - 03:28 pm:

it prob. could be... cuz my "box" has one of the emblems that say Hondamatic , but Prev. owner changed the trans.

By bruce (4.159.182.34) on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - 05:43 am:

the oil cooler was normally about 2 to 3" wide and like 10" long. (the one I have is) and it connected to two ports under the oil filter. so it was possible that maybe the motor was changed and the ports had not been added to it. does not look hard to add the ports for an oil cooler, but looks like it would be much easlier with the motor already out.

By Chaffneue (Chaffneue) (66.183.190.188) on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - 12:48 am:

Could it be an auto transmission cooler rad?

-Richard

By DaRk (66.50.181.140) on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 - 11:12 pm:

Hey Guys my Civic has a small radiator in front of the coolant radiator , my uncle told me it was for oil cooling? is he right? anyways that still has both hoses conn. but lead to nowhere...they're just cut off..any1?Thanks in advance.