Volvo Oil cooler

[poter]

I have just had an oil cooler on my Volvo 2003 T replaced as the original had a 10mm hole in it, I lost all the oil which ended up in the bilge...yuk of a cleaning job.

My question is, is there any way that the raw water can be treated to stop this type of corrosion?

 

[Tranona]

No, probably not, it is a rubbish design. Look in this month's PBO for an article on replacing it with something much better engineered and made for a fraction of the cost of the Volvo item. Probably too late for you now, but the author does explain why it is so bad.

 

[whiteoaks7]

Volvo silly prices for parts.

Out of interest what did it cost you? I was just looking at heat exchangers of the water type - europart at quoting E3000 !!! Isn't that half the cost of a Beta engine?

David Berry