Advice needed - Oil cooler - will any 325 fit..

[paulg390]

Hi,
Being a bit of newbie you will have to excuse my rather naive questions for a while..

Have just bought a 1990 318is which has been converted to a 2.7 (with auto rad ?) but it needs an oil cooler really and so I was just wondering if ANY of the ones off a e30 325 will just bolt on or will I need a certain age/model one ?

Is this a nightmare job or something even a klutz such as myself could attempt...

And if anyone has a suitable one sale with associated pipes etc. I'd be very interested in buying it

[Brianmoooore]

325 oil cooler will fit on a M20B27 block as long as you use the matching oil filer mount/oil thermostat.
Can't recall, sitting here, how the cooler mounts to the body, but I don't think there's any sxtra welded brackets on the body that the iS shell won't have.

[bottlecapE30]

It is pretty stright foward as said before you can get everything you need for www.theeurodepot.com for cheap like $25

[Jimbob]

To save any confusion it's an M20B25 block and the rad was originally from an auto but eventually replaced for a manual one.

[DazzyA]

There are 2 type's of oil cooler, early and late. If originally a 318 would it have the fixing's in the chassis to take the brackets?
Saying that when I bought mine the oil cooler was fixed with cable ties, so I'm sur there is a way.

[Templ8e30]

All pre-facelift cars have the mounting holes for the early type cooler. All post-facelift cars have the mounting holes for both early and late coolers.

It's just a case of getting the correct mounting screws/body nuts/rubber spacers etc for the type of cooler you get.

I have an early oil cooler on my 1990 2.7 conversion.

Cheers,

Iain T