oil cooler

[not2old4abusa]

99 busa
hi guys
the bike is in the shop having about everything done before the snow finally goes away ,new forks, clutch, tail tidy , digital gear indicator, new tyres, full service , new radiator, etc , my mechanic said the oil cooler is on its way out I have been looking on the internet and I can seem to find anything without breaking the bank does anyone know if I can use some thing from a different model or a place where I can get one at a reasonable price?
thanks

 

[fallenarch]

Oil cooler on the way out? What exactly does that mean? Isn't the oil cooler just basically a radiator for oil? No moving parts - are the fins damaged or clogged, are the pipes clogged up? I would question what your mechanic means by this is on the way out.

 

[GoldenChild]

They do get plugged, and oil can be aggressive just as it can be to the engine, do a oil sample sometime. oil should coat parts not polish them..

 

[1busa]

Ebay...???

 

[IG.]

I have an oil cooler laying around from '06. You can have it - just pay for shipping.

I kept looking at it, and figured the bike doesn't need an oil cooler, so I took it off. Runs just fine... I continued looking, and realized that since I had no oil cooler, there was plenty of space to install a turbo instead. So, I did, and the bike runs even better. Go figure... Not sure what those engineers at Suzuki had in mind.

If really interested, I can take pictures later. It's dang cold now, 5 deg F (-15 deg C) and windy, and the oil cooler is in the shed, BRRRRR...

 

[not2old4abusa]

thanks for the offers guys I managed to find a fellow member in Germany from the ukbusa site who helped me out should be in my hands in a couple of days ,hopefully I will her back in about a week just need to wait for some decent weather so I can get out in the wind...

 

[IG.]