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Old 04-23-2009, 01:36 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by wstar View Post
How does having a cooler installed affect doing oil changes? When you remove the filter do you blow compressed air into some spot on the sandwich plate to force the oil back out of the cooler? And then how does the refill process go? Refill the stock amount, fire up the engine for a minute, then top off again with the cooler filled? I assume the added complication of the thermo plate means the change has to be done hot?

I asked about this in one of the Stillen cooler threads too, haven't seen any answer.
You would change the oil just like a regular oil change. When you change your oil you aren't getting all of the oil out of the engine, just the majority of it - same thing with a cooler.

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