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Where can I put an engine oil cooler on a 94 astro van?

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Where can I put an engine oil cooler on a 94 astro van?

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Sounds to me you have your parts mixed up! The transmission cooler goes in front of the radiator with the lines going to the radiator. Never heard of an oil cooler on a 94 astro van! I’ve been working on chevys for over 35 years so yours would be the first! If you damaged the threads on the lines and bosses you are going to have to replace the radiator. You can get new lines that will replace those from the radiator to the transmission cooler. I tell people all the time to “back thread” then you don’t have that problem. Just take your time with the new parts and make sure you don’t have cross threading! If you can’t turn the fitting by hand to start it then you are cross threading and need to stop immediately. It may require a thread chaser to try again. But if you use the back threading method you should not have any problem! “Back Threading” is when you turn the fitting in the opposite direction (counter clock wise in most cases) until you feel the fitting drop into place in the thre

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