This looks like a small Radiator used to cool off the engine oil or the Automatic transmission fluid. As air passes through the cooler, the temperature of the oil in the cooler is reduced. Some units reduce the temperature of the manual Gearbox and Differential lubricants in racing cars.
1. A device used to cool oil or automatic transmission fluid. 2. A device used to cool race-car manual transmission and final-drive lubricants.
A heat exchanger for cooling oil. Most automatic transmissions are equipped with an oil cooler that's located inside the radiator. Since the radiator usually runs close to 200 degrees, the amount of "cooling" this kind of setup provides is questionable.
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uh-oh
glad I saw this just as I was about to install the oil cooler on the car. That colouring of the oil tells me that coolant was mixing with the oil (as that is the other fluid present in the oil cooler).
It didn't fit anyway. Turbo oil feed tee and oil pressure senders were in the way. The cooler is HUGE.
Standard Oil shelf
Just when you think, "this is cool. Maybe I can get lucky and get it for $5", it sells for closer to $100. It was a lot dirtier than it appears in the photo.