another cooler explosion
 

well i officially got 5 hours out of my oil cooler before a line started spewing oil out by the fiting. go to work in a bit so over the next few days i'll take it all apart and take lots of photos and figure out whether i installed it wrong or if it was a bad hose. I'm out 70 bucks in redline oil and 75 plus tax for the tow. I'll figure out what happened first before i got to in depth. Oil light came on with about 2 some quarts of oil left.

Well ****. What kind of lines and fittings were you using?

These kinds of posts really make me scared to get a oil cooler

Judging by your sig, looks like another GTM cooler failure. GTM cited that hose modification was the culprit. Did you modify the hoses?

How much slack was in your lines? My current thought is that with my first install I clamped the hoses too tight and vibration related fatigue caused the hose-to-fitting area to leak. I recall a few posts mentioning this as well.

Yea, I have been thinking about replacing a portion of the hoses with hard line instead.

I SWEAR TO GOD I DID NOT MODIFY THE HOSES AT ALL just so we don't have a repeat of that. It looks like they are still attached to the sandwhich plate so i'll wait until i tear it all apart and get a better look at the lines before i officially say its a bad line. Yes it is the standered gtm oil cooler kit. the lines were super long and there was lots of slack so i'm hoping one of the fittings came loose at the plate or something but i know i tightened them well off to work maybe i'll update in 12hours after i get home.

That blows man, glad you caught it ASAP.

:woot: for my rock solid Aeroquip hoses! Checked 'em the other day and there's no issues whatsoever. 4k miles and a track weekend since the install.

That's 2 down for the GTM cooler. I'm suspecting they have a hose supplier issue. One may be a coincidence, 2 is a pattern. Stainless socketed hoses SHOULD NOT come apart when assembled correctly. Even Car and driver reported this month that their "Dealer Installed" Nissan Motorsports cooler blew it's fittings. Personally I wouldn't trust any hoses that I didn't put together myself... Keep us posted!

Wow another gtm cooler explodes? uhh whats going on here?

Made in China hoses?

See the latest Car and Driver? They reported faulty fittings and leakage on the dealer installed Nissan Motorsports cooler.....

I've been watching this and have hesitated to respond due to the obvious relationship but I feel it necessary to say that there is no need to be concerned of all production oil cooler kits. We have not experienced any hose failures with our oil cooler kit. We use genuine Goodridge hoses which do cost more but as you can see, the quality is worth it.

Obviously a good move on your part Kyle. I know of no Stillen cooler line failures.....It's obvious that these are the most important parts. Cores are cores, you rarely, if ever, hear of a failure there....

There really is no need to have one if you don't race the car on a course.