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Originally Posted by Vbp6US What a useless post. To be honest, I don't think there needs to be a drain plug because you have one in the oil pan. I

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Old 05-23-2012, 08:14 AM   #7 (permalink)
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What a useless post. To be honest, I don't think there needs to be a drain plug because you have one in the oil pan.
I think OP was meaning so you could drain the cooler when you change the oil (without removing it).

I was actually thinking this but there is a major problem... the cooler has rows, it isn't like a pan where all the oil gravitates to the bottom of hte unit. The only way to have a drain on an oil cooler would be to have some sort of removable seal on the bottom row which would be a big liability for a company to design and nearly impossible for a basic user to fabricate.

The possibility of leaking would be way too great and then you have a much bigger problem.
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