Help with Part Identification

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Any help appreciated to identify this part. It's got a date on it, but no part number.

[67rustavenger]

Eurovan oil cooler 1992 to 2003.
https://www.eurocampers.com/EuroVan-Engine-Oil-Coo...IUEALw_wcB
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[busdaddy]

Then how can it be dated 84?, although it looks alot like the one that was on my son's 1998 newbeetle. Common VW part?
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I had that on my 1983 T3 Diesel.
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[zerotofifty]

I know it will fit my 1986 Vanagon and a lot more VW's

per this below, it fits 11 VW models, 263 variations of models, from 1984 thru 2006 year models!!!! (click on the "what it fits " tab)

https://parts.vwmarin.com/p/Volkswagen__Scirocco/E...20Products
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[raygreenwood]

That part FITS watercooled VW and audi engines from about 1974 through now....so yes....it was probably on every vehicle mentioned in this thread.

They actually worked fairly well. Anti-freeze circulates around the oil core sandwiched between oil filter and case.
Many people will swear that these are less of an oil cooler than they are an anti-freeze heater for faster warm up.....but I can assure you that on most watercooled vw 4 cylinders....they are used as an oil cooler. The oil on the 4 cylinder rabbit, Golf, Jetta and sirroco ....especially with 4 speed manuals vs 5 speed....gets very hot.

This type of oil cooler actually started being used....iirc....on the mk2 water cooled vws. The earlier mk1s used an actual oil cooler from an air cooled type 1 or type 3....in a special mount in the radiator fan shroud with two hoses that connected to a sandwich adapter on the oil filter head.

This water cooled oil cooler started in conjunction with the oil pressure problems (caused from heat and partly from incorrect oil filter usage) in the mk 2s which also s0awned the use of the oil pressure alarm system.

A lot of Ford V8s also have oil/water coolers just like this mounted at the oil filter. Here is one here:

https://www.amazon.com/AIVWUMOT-Cooler-4C3Z6A642A-...&gQT=2

Ray

[EverettB]

Yes, it looks the same as the one that was on my '86 and '87 GTIs but I can't confirm it's the exact same part.
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[oprn]

^^^This^^^
In my view it is both an oil heater for cold starts and cold weather and an oil cooler in hot weather and high loads. I would call it an oil temperature stabilizer.

My ‘92 Chevy pickup had a similar system too. It helps prevent condensation buildup in the oil on short around town trips by keeping the oil around the same temperature as the engine coolant. Part of the changes made on modern engines so that they can go longer on an oil change.
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