Hello, in a bit of a spot and need to do something about my oil cooler rad in my 2002 D2. It's leaking like crazy. I noticed the 03/04 don't even have them. I would really like to just bypass the rad with a hose connecting the 2 ends.
Has anyone done this? It would probably be semi-short term until I can get somewhere with a salvage yard and buy a decent one.

Side note, the tranny and oil cooler rads are so friggin brittle on the ends be very very carful when moving them around.

Thanks for any help.

 

You could buy a $60 radiator new on ebay, and put the plugs in the timing cover where the cooler lines go.

 

Plugs available at Advance/Oreilly. That's your quickest fix.