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ok...so as some may know I have had constant issues with my oil cooler...some my own doing...some not.
But do I need one??
Oil temp never goes above 95degrees on the gauge no matter how hard I drive it
Im thinking of sacking it off and plumbing the heat exchange unit back in
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Ooooor you could have it hanging out the front grille in a rat esq style.
That would be big WIN!
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You say the oil temp never goes over 95degrees, but is that with the cooler or not? If it is with cooler I would expect the tempture to raise with out it, I'm looking at oil cooler for 205 so will keep my eye on this thread 
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I considered running an oil cooler but my temps only hover around 95 degrees even after a blast.
I'd disconnect the pipe work and trial the heat exchanger.
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Thats what Im going to do.
it nornally sits around 85/90.
But when the car was overheating all the time it still never went above 95...hit it once.
Whats the sort of temp it should be at?!
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Christ, I could quite easily see 120*C+ oil temperatures after a brief hoon.
You should ALWAYS keep the heat exchanger - that's because it warms the oil up faster also, it's a two way thing of heating the oil when cold quicker and cooling it down when it's hot...
You want the oil temperatures around the 90*C mark during normal running to allow any water that's gotten in to eventually steam off...
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cool...
It was a secondary question that I wonder if the oil cooler was keeping things too cold!
thanks for input ruan
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Why not get a thermostatic plate or an in line oil thermostat before the cooler that way you've covered all angles?
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(13-12-2013, 02:25 PM)Ruan Wrote: Christ, I could quite easily see 120*C+ oil temperatures after a brief hoon.
You should ALWAYS keep the heat exchanger - that's because it warms the oil up faster also, it's a two way thing of heating the oil when cold quicker and cooling it down when it's hot...
You want the oil temperatures around the 90*C mark during normal running to allow any water that's gotten in to eventually steam off...
Probs my crappy guage, though I have a homebrew/hybrid cooling system
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(13-12-2013, 04:19 PM)Sambarker Wrote: Why not get a thermostatic plate or an in line oil thermostat before the cooler that way you've covered all angles?
coz they are line £50...
and its done nothing but drop oil because of it!!
this car is supposed to be a reliable GT not a track weapon!
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Heh id deffo say keep it...Without a cooler my car would last about 10 minutes on boost...the oil gets raped in big turbo dervs...
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keep it, why are you having issues mate? my mocal cooler was fine, never leaked once!
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(13-12-2013, 04:55 PM)Piggy Wrote: (13-12-2013, 04:19 PM)Sambarker Wrote: Why not get a thermostatic plate or an in line oil thermostat before the cooler that way you've covered all angles?
coz they are line £50...
and its done nothing but drop oil because of it!!
this car is supposed to be a reliable GT not a track weapon!
I suppose £50 is a lot of money to spend for some people.
Perhaps if you had proper pipes made up it might be better. I don't recall mine leaking once.
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I can't understand anyone having issues with oil cooler hoses unless they're jubilee'd
Which they shouldn't be.
Jubilee clipping HP oil lines is a recipe for disaster.
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That seems quite low after a thrash mine goes up from 90ish to well above 110 after even a short blast
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Hmmm interesting, without a cooler my oil doesn't seem to get that hot - 150F ish cruising and maybe 190F after a hoon
so whats that 60 - 90 Celcius?
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(13-12-2013, 09:15 PM)Ruan Wrote: I can't understand anyone having issues with oil cooler hoses unless they're jubilee'd
Which they shouldn't be.
Jubilee clipping HP oil lines is a recipe for disaster.
thats not the issue I have had this time!
see my other thread!!
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