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Pacific Oil Cooler celebrates 50 years

By Janice Wood · March 3, 2011 ·

Pacific Oil Cooler Service Inc. is celebrating its 50th year as FAA Repair Station RF3R813L (and more recently EASA.145.5554), specializing in the overhaul and recertification of aircraft oil coolers, fuel heaters, valves, condensers, and evaporators.

Pacific offers its customers a turnaround time of usually just four to five days, according to officials, who note, “because time is money and down-time is even more money.”

Pacific’s 25-step Overhaul Process includes the world’s only FAA Approved Ultra Sonic decontamination process, officials said, adding, this saves time, money, and the environment by eliminating the use of expensive and dangerous caustic cleaning chemicals.

Pacific is the world’s largest stocking distributor of Aero Classics and Stewart Warner oil coolers. It also has on-hand inventory of overhauled vintage oil coolers for all types of pre-1959 aircraft.

Vernatherms are cleaned, inspected, tested, and FAA 8130-3 Tagged at no additional overhaul cost when supplied with the oil cooler for overhaul.

Painting, when required by the Overhaul Process Specification or requested by the customer, is performed at no additional cost using Mil. Spec. primers and paints which are applied under controlled conditions that comply with California‘s strict Air Quality standards.

Pacific Oil Cooler Service’s rotary winged customers have an added cost saving potential with Pacific’s exclusive helicopter oil cooler re-core service. This FAA-approved process returns unrepairable oil coolers to new zero-time condition, with twice the warranty of a factory new cooler (two-year/4,000 hours).

Pacific has an on-hand inventory of both factory new and overhauled units ready for immediate shipment to anywhere on Earth, officials said, noting, Pacific Oil Cooler Service is the world’s largest stocking distributor of Aero Classics and Stewart Warner aviation oil coolers. Most are available for outright purchase, or on an exchange basis with a core allowance.

For more information: 800-866-7335 or OilCoolers.com

About Janice Wood

Janice Wood is editor of General Aviation News.

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