Benefits of using a oil cooler

[kingo228]

found a few oil coolers at work and was wondering are there major benefits of running one, without a thermostat.

could it over cool the oil?

thanks Dave

[DevonGT]

No benefit unless you track the car.

[Idrees]

running one, without a thermostat.

could it over cool the oil?

Yes

[kingo228]

okay thanks

[WallaceGlanza]

Don't fit one unless you really need it, ie oil temps above 120c.

I have one with a thermostatic sandwich plate and it overcools the oil in normal driving.

[Amjad]

I saw 110c on track but it didn't go higher as I took it easy until temps dropped to 100c before going for it again. Would I benefit from using one?

Considering the car would be driven on road most of the time but tracked a few times a year. (Looking to do a few full track days)

[Jamie1st]

I'm about to fit my HKS one, only reason is the amount of boost I'm running it will soon send the temps up.. Its still my daily drive, so hopefully won't over cool it when driving steady!

Got a thermostat filter relocation so hopefully shouldn't effect it too much.

I'll let you know how it goes end of the week

[Asad]

my thoughts:

get a small non-thermostat one and keep it well covered off track so you dont overcool the oil especially on a constant motorway run (make a little blanket for it lol) and on track un-cover it, make sure its mounted in a high pressure area on front the car (mabe even make some ducting for it or even add a high cfm computer fan) and let it cool to its hearts content ....by small i mean half the size of the ones you see knocking around....

anyone think its a good idea?

[james@cjperformance]

^^^ nope just get an inline thermostat with an opening temp of 95°

[Asad]

can you get diff temp ones?

wallace said his is themostat controlled and still overcools...

[Amjad]

^^^ nope just get an inline thermostat with an opening temp of 95°

That would be perfect, I don't think mine ever goes over 90c on roads

[james@cjperformance]

most stats open at 80° which is to early. if you have a mocal inline stat they have a wide range of replacement stats in differentbtollerences ;)

[WallaceGlanza]

can you get diff temp ones?

wallace said his is themostat controlled and still overcools...

I have a mocal thermostatic sandwich plate, which by design always lets a slight amount of oil to flow to the cooler, enough to still cool the oil too much. As James said an inline thermostat is best, I didn't realise this at the time when buying mine!

[Fro]

Sorry to drag this thread up but im looking into an oil cooler at the moment. The over cooling of the thermostatic plate is a concern, could this be helped by a 10 row cooler instead of 13? Wallace what size is yours?

In regards to an in line stat which i thought would be a better idea, Surely when the stat is closed there is oil trapped in the core getting colder and colder till the stat opens and the thick cold oil gets rushed into the engine? That be worth worrying about?

[Johnboy GT]

My understanding of it is that it.draws some of the engine oil to be cooled but once the thermostat closes it doesnt sit in the cooler it simply flows back into circulation. This may be totally wrong so I would like to clarify this guys?

John

[Fro]

My understanding of it is that it.draws some of the engine oil to be cooled but once the thermostat closes it doesnt sit in the cooler it simply flows back into circulation. This may be totally wrong so I would like to clarify this guys?

John

Are you taking with the thermostatic sandwich plate aye?