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Originally Posted by v8volvo
Oil cooler failure is not statistically common -- identical cooler used in millions upon millions of VW/Audi/etc vehicles worldwide from '70s to recent -- so we'd know if they were a trouble spot and probably a majority of those that do get replaced are wishful attempts where a head gasket problem is the real issue...
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Interesting. I admit my thinking was thrown off by the minorly common practice of "going to remove that D@<!# failure-prone oil cooler before it causes a mess!"
Made me to think oil cooler failure was a thing.
But it appears to be an urban legend based on wishful fantasies (anything but admit to a HG problem).