Oil cooler elimination on evo

[mike55112]

As some of you might know, I spun a bearing in my last engine. I need to replace my oil cooler and have been doing some research on evolutionm.net Alot of guys are saying that it would be ok to eliminate the oil cooler since its winter. Some even ran there cars without one in the summer as there daily driver. So my question is can I just plug the 2 holes or do I have to have a hose connect between the two? This is only going to be for a little while till I can find a affordable kit.