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914-6 Oil Cooler Differences |
DennisV |
Aug 14 2022, 10:15 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 497 Joined: 8-August 20 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 24,575 Region Association: Northern California |
Can anyone tell me what difference is between the two oiler coolers that are listed in the parts catalog for 914-6? My experience has been when multiple parts are listed, one superseded the other and are the same form, fit, function. What is throwing me off is quite a wide difference in price on these. Roughly $500 delta for the places that offer both (e.g. Pelican, Porsche Atlanta Perimeter, Auto Atlanta, etc.)
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pencap914 |
Apr 11 2024, 09:52 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 75 Joined: 16-April 06 Member No.: 5,872 Region Association: Northern California |
So here is the problem IMHO with OEM 914-6 coolers. It requires you to either adapt from 30mm to whatever line your using or use OEM lines which on a conversion would be silly as the adapter is $50 to got to AN or factory lines which comes in a set of 3 that you only typically use the 2 tank to cooler lines and don’t use the 3rd line that connects to the scavenge line which is very difficult to find and does you no good if you doing a front cooler. Basically my suggestion on a conversion is to convert a good known cooler, use AN lines much cheaper and fit better for most applications For that exact reason I'm sending my oil cooler off today to Pacific Oil Cooler Service INC in La Verne, CA for a cleaning/pressure test then send it off to you for the modification to add the AN fitting. I'll spend $250 for cleaning/testing, then another $150 for the modification. Assuming $50 or so in shipping, still will cost less than half of a new $1000 914-6 OEM style cooler with a $50 AN adapter. After researching here in the forums, it sounds like Pacific Oil Cooler Service is the go-to shop for testing/cleaning of these coolers. I talked to Wayne there yesterday, sounds like he services 911 coolers frequently. https://www.oilcoolers.com/ |
mb911 |
Apr 11 2024, 10:11 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,896 Joined: 2-January 09 From: Burlington wi Member No.: 9,892 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
So here is the problem IMHO with OEM 914-6 coolers. It requires you to either adapt from 30mm to whatever line your using or use OEM lines which on a conversion would be silly as the adapter is $50 to got to AN or factory lines which comes in a set of 3 that you only typically use the 2 tank to cooler lines and don’t use the 3rd line that connects to the scavenge line which is very difficult to find and does you no good if you doing a front cooler. Basically my suggestion on a conversion is to convert a good known cooler, use AN lines much cheaper and fit better for most applications For that exact reason I'm sending my oil cooler off today to Pacific Oil Cooler Service INC in La Verne, CA for a cleaning/pressure test then send it off to you for the modification to add the AN fitting. I'll spend $250 for cleaning/testing, then another $150 for the modification. Assuming $50 or so in shipping, still will cost less than half of a new $1000 914-6 OEM style cooler with a $50 AN adapter. After researching here in the forums, it sounds like Pacific Oil Cooler Service is the go-to shop for testing/cleaning of these coolers. I talked to Wayne there yesterday, sounds like he services 911 coolers frequently. https://www.oilcoolers.com/ Be careful I sent them an almost new one from @mepstein and they told me it was no good. I should have had them send it back but ended up buying a new 911 one from Porsche and modifying for my car. |
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