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My new toys - dimis - 12-02-2018
steviewevie That should suit you fine Dimis. And it's fine for cars that spend their life on a racetrack. But guys in the UK - I'd be a bit careful about oil coolers like that. When the weather gets cold (not so much of a problem for Dimis !), your oil will take a lot longer to warm up, therefore the engine won't be working quite so efficiently and the oil may not be doing as good a job as usual (depending on the quality/viscosity of your oil).
You can get an "oilstat", basically a thermostat, which ensures that the oil only goes to the cooler when it gets to a certain temperature, but the sort of setup you find on eBay usually doesn't have one.
Would you run your engine without a thermostat ? It would take a long time for the coolant to warm up if you did.
I am thinking to fit also a thermostat, but if i do not fit one i do not think i will have a major problem. The weather in Greece is not very cold. This year the lowest temperature in Athens was 11C and today the temperature was 20C and shinny. I bought the oil cooler basically for the summer time. The temperatures in summer reach around 40C. Usually in June the temp is around 34 and in August 35-40C and the weather starts to get cold at end of October!
My new toys - russelllinn - 12-02-2018
O for weather like yours, I think it will suit your needs then Dimis and you will be able to hit the bends fast and not worry so much about the heat :thumbup1:
My new toys - dimis - 12-02-2018
russelllinn O for weather like yours, I think it will suit your needs then Dimis and you will be able to hit the bends fast and not worry so much about the heat :thumbup1:
Yes I believe so :lol:
My new toys - dimis - 12-02-2018
steviewevie That should suit you fine Dimis. And it's fine for cars that spend their life on a racetrack. But guys in the UK - I'd be a bit careful about oil coolers like that. When the weather gets cold (not so much of a problem for Dimis !), your oil will take a lot longer to warm up, therefore the engine won't be working quite so efficiently and the oil may not be doing as good a job as usual (depending on the quality/viscosity of your oil).
You can get an "oilstat", basically a thermostat, which ensures that the oil only goes to the cooler when it gets to a certain temperature, but the sort of setup you find on eBay usually doesn't have one.
Would you run your engine without a thermostat ? It would take a long time for the coolant to warm up if you did.
I just found out that the Mocal Oil Cooler Sandwich plate has a built in thermostat, so i do not need to get one! :thumbup:
My new toys - Sparkystav - 12-02-2018
Was just about to say that as i have the same one, (different sized cooler though).
It has a mechanical thermostat already built in at the side of the adaptor
My new toys - dimis - 12-02-2018
Sparkystav Was just about to say that as i have the same one, (different sized cooler though).
It has a mechanical thermostat already built in at the side of the adaptor
Thanks for the information mate. :thumbup:
My new toys - steviewevie - 13-02-2018
Some of Mocal's sandwich plates come with thermostats, and some don't. They cost a fair bit more with thermostats built in.
As I said before though, for Greece it's really not going to make any difference whether you have one or not though ! :biggrin:
My new toys - dimis - 13-02-2018
Gord Nice mate :biggrin: bit of a pig to fit :thumbdown:
Gord do you remember how much more oil i will need to add in the engine now? 1lt or more?
My new toys - steviewevie - 13-02-2018
That sort of size of oil cooler is only going to hold about 0.2 litres of oil. So I doubt you'll need to add very much, if any.
My new toys - FirebirdPhil - 13-02-2018
Would it be worth running the car for a minuet to allow the oil to run around the system, then check.