Evening!

I've bought an external oil cooler and just wanted to know, do others remove the factory one when doing so or do you have it in addition?

Looking at the fittings, I think I need to but just wanted to confirm.

Cheers! Adam

 

Most of them are used in addition.

If you already use an adapter ring between filter and block for your gauges that will have to go, and the sensors in it relocated directly into the engine, or else the oil filter will be the lowest part of the cars bottom, thus increasing the risk of damaging it, or ripping it clean off.

 

My gauges are picked up in the top of the block. The adapters are as attached which is why I think the factory one needs to be removed but what do you guys think please?

 

That seems more like a gauge adapter then an actual oil cooler adapter, or it seems like the filter end of a oil filter relocation kit.
You'll need a different part as well.

The thread size on those 2 silver bungs is way to small to support the oilflow from your engine.Also the adapter has no thermostat option, thus the oil will always be cooled as much as possible, thus warmup takes alot longer.
Did you buy this from Ebay??, as I see a lot of these type of takeoffs whcih are supllied with a oil filter relocation and cooler setup, but being IMO unfit for this purpose.

If you look at the port sizes on this one (a Mocal A-brand unit)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/oil-cooler-seal the size difference between the ports on this and the one you have are like night and day.

If I was you I would piece together another setup, as most of these Ebay cooler/relocation units are plain crap, the hoses are weak, the cooler itself marginally of construction, and the relocation part is usually unneccesary, and another point of possible leaks.

 

I bought it off a member on here. I did notice it has no thermostat and thought that would be something I'd need to buy now I've got the kit. You can see the port in the picture which looks a bit rough :/

It wasn't expensive but if it's not fit for purpose then there's no point

 

Way to small IMO.

 

What he ^ said.

That's for gauges, not an oil cooler.

 

It isn't for gauges as the bottom has two outlets for the cooler on both adapters.

 

What is the inner diameter of the 2 nipples that are pointing towards the floor in your last picture.

The thread outside diameter seems 1/2 inch (which is something of a standard thread size for oil coolers ) but the inner diameter of the nipples seems way too small in your pictures posted 19:45.

I checked the stuff I have laying about, but my Mocal thermostat plate has rather thinwalled pipe nipples, so the inner diameter (where the oil actually flows through) is about 14mm.
The ones in your last picture seem way smaller but maybe it's an optical illusion/distortion.

 

The diameter of the pipe spurs isn't what concerns me, it's the holes in the adapters that get to the spurs which is about 10mm without measuring it.....just looks a bit rough and ready in the finish internally

 

I'll have a proper measure tomorrow and have a look ......what's the minimum I need really in the area shown in the photo please ?

 

That's what I was reffering to, my nipples have the same thread size on the outside, but the actual oil passage through the fitting is much larger in diameter then the 10mm you measure.

The smallest diamete rin the entire system will be the bottlenack, and I am afraid yours is the nipples.
Maybe you can drill/tap to a larger size taking away the bottleneck.