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1. A kit of parts for modifying an oil cooling system for a vehicle having a diesel engine, the diesel engine having an engine block with an engine oil supply inlet, an engine water coolant outlet, an engine oil supply outlet, an oil pump, and a water cooling system with a water pump and water cooling passages disposed in the engine block, the engine having an original equipment liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger in which heat from the oil is transferred to the water cooling system, the original equipment liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger having a predetermined mounting configuration, the original equipment liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger further comprising an oil inlet, an oil outlet, a water inlet, and a water outlet each in a predetermined location, the kit comprising:
(a) a manifold adapted to be installed on the engine in place of the original equipment liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger, the manifold having an oil inlet port and an oil outlet port, the manifold being sized and shaped to match the mounting configuration of the original equipment liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger such that when the manifold is mounted to the engine, the oil inlet port of the manifold is positioned at the former location of the oil inlet of the original equipment liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger and the oil outlet port of the manifold is positioned at the former location of the oil outlet of the original equipment liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger, the manifold operatively attached to a remote heat exchanger to convey hot oil out of the engine to the remote heat exchanger and to convey the cooled oil from the remote heat exchanger back to the engine, the manifold further comprising a bypass water passage having a single water inlet port and a single water outlet port for providing an un-branched flow of water, the manifold being configured such that when the manifold is mounted to the engine, the water inlet port of the manifold is positioned at the former location of the water inlet of the original equipment liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger and the manifold water outlet port is operatively attached to the cooling system of the engine so that the entirety of the flow of water in the bypass water passage is discharged back to the water cooling system of the engine; and (b) an oil cooling heat exchanger having an external mounting flange configured to mount the heat exchanger in a location distal from the location of the original equipment liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger, the remote oil cooling heat exchanger having an inlet hose fitting and an outlet hose fitting sized to receive a flow of oil from the oil outlet port of the manifold. |
