BUDWRX

right then. oil coolers. has any one fitted one to a classic??
i have bought one from fleabay from anew digital ..
it is now fitted but the car is still of the road and not running at the mo.
apparently having one of these fitted keeps the engine oil to cool and will ruin my engine with time? can any one help me find out if this is true?

will i have to fit some sort of thermostat so it only uses the cooler when the oil gets to a certain temp?

any help would be appriciated

STI Craig

i have one of those kits too

you can get those thermostats from demon tweaks, but u dont have to have one fitted.

as it will take longer for your oil to warm up, more engine wear will occur in that warming up period, so youll have to wait longer till you can floor it,

its one of them long term thing really, and just up to you, it aint as if your engine will only last a week with it then just blow up.

letting your engine idle for a bit b4 u drive it will help.

STI Craig

let me know wer u mount it m8 as i havent fitted mine yet, only got it the other day.

i aint got a clue wer im gonna take the pipes, think it will be a nightmare to get them round the air con.

STI Craig

one more thing remember to mount the cooler on its side or with the hoses coming out the top, not the bottom or u will get air stuck in it which could go through the engine when its at full load.

BUDWRX

oooohh i have fitted mine where the intercooler was.. i fitted it there coz that is where i had seen others fitted

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...D/IMG_0067.jpg
also i no longer have air con so running pipes wasnt a prob for me.
let me know how you get on as my car will not be running for a few months yet as i need to save for big mods nd to get it taken to Andy.F for tunning

doug2507

iTrader: (6)

had mine mounted infront of the radiator on its side. Alright as long as you dont have a fmic and get some mesh over the bumper to stop any rogue stones damaging it.

skydiver

The oil cooler instalation in our car is more complicate from that you expect.
It is important to calculate the extra oil amount for the cooler and it is necessary to watch the oil pressure after the installation. Is better to use the oil cooler after the replacement of the OEM oil pump with an upgraded oil pump.

BUDWRX

what is the best uprated pump? nd where can i find one?

BUDWRX

gutted i got a fmic

RON

My car took over 30 mins at idle and then fast idle to get the oil up to temp to do the emmisions test at mot time recently, an oil cooler will only make theis period longer, i would personally not fit one without a thermostat...... you could easily find that the oil will be too cool even when driving along with an otherwise warm engine....

STI Craig

i have a front mounted intercooler, and the is room between the rad and intercooler (on mine anyway)

but the air con rad is in the way of the pipes getting round, i think i may have to remove the air con

BUDWRX

lol so much fun modding scoobys
think i will sleep on this one. cheers for ur help again

skydiver

I use an upgrated GGR oil pump in my car and my oil cooler is (with thermostat) for about 3 years without any problem

DubaiNeil

To be honest you are unlikely to need an oil cooler in the sunny UK, unless you are running serious mods on the track.
I have one fitted, but then I need to contend with 50C weather on a regular basis - and trackdays at air temps of 35 - 38C (we take a break during the summer)
The oil will take longer to warm-up, even with (a highly recommended) thermostat included. I have seen no need for an uprated oil pump, and am running approx 6 bar oil pressure at operating temperatures (2.1 bar-ish at idle)
Think Automotive supplied all of my Mocal stuff, and were very helpful http://www.thinkauto.com/index.htm

Be aware that the oil cooler core is probably the cheapest part of the install - the hoses and connectors for mine cost as much as everything else combined!

I have no pics of the install, but it is 'above' the brake cooling ducting, behind the fog lamp hole in the driver side (for me - LHD) front wing. I made a mesh cover for the fog-lamp hole (fog's had been removed to fit an FMIC anyway) to protect the oil cooler.

The first thing to do is to fit an oil temp guage (and oil pressure if you can) and get an idea of what temps you are running, and see how they compare to the oil manufacturers recommendations for operating temps.

BUDWRX

where did you get your ggr pump from?

jasonius

iTrader: (1)

Errrr, you might want to try GGR (Graham Goode Racing)..!

RCMS also do an excellent on (thats Roger Clark Motorsport)..