i also replaced my oil cooler last august 2008, yung oil cooler kasi ng 4ja1 nabubutas din daw talaga kapag matagal na medyo manipis yata yung wall separating the water and the oil. i got my replacement parts at blumentrit almost 3k kuha ko. orig is 7k-8k nga yata talaga.
Wala naman sigurong effect kung medyo mahaba ng konti yung naikabit sa auto mo basta walang leak and ok ang flow ng water and oil sa oil cooler mo.