Oil cooler install

[mgarrettz88]

Originally Posted by bobcowan

Why do you feel it needs this? Oil is heated by RPM's, mostly. Unless you're pounding it lap after lap on the road course, the oil doesn't heat up enough to worry about. On the street, a cooler tends to keep the oil too cold. It never heats up enough to do it's job properly.

Honestly, just about every ride I've seen has a cooler so I thought that was something they left off and I needed. I don't run the car on a track just street use so maybe I don't need a cooler. WOOHOO!! I will add an oil temp though as recommended by Gaz64. I'm also running Mobil 1 synthetic, for whatever that's worth. Thanks for the info fellas!

[xb-60]

Originally Posted by mgarrettz88

Honestly, just about every ride I've seen has a cooler so I thought that was something they left off and I needed. I don't run the car on a track just street use so maybe I don't need a cooler. WOOHOO!! I will add an oil temp though as recommended by Gaz64. I'm also running Mobil 1 synthetic, for whatever that's worth. Thanks for the info fellas!

I agree with Gary with regards to the time taken to warm the oil; certainly has a detrimental effect on engine life.

However....if you want the oil cooler look (only), I know that some Cobras have oil coolers fitted for looks, including dummy hoses that disapper "somewhere', but are not actually connected.

I also recall seeing somewhere a remote oil filter mount that was integral with an manually adjustable bypass to the oil cooler. If I can find the details, I'll post them.


Cheers,
Glen

[mgarrettz88]

Thanks for the info, been much help.
I'm gonna install a oil temp gauge and see where I'm at. Go from there. Definitely not wanting one for looks.

[bobcowan]

Originally Posted by xb-60

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However....if you want the oil cooler look (only), I know that some Cobras have oil coolers fitted for looks, including dummy hoses that disapper "somewhere', but are not actually connected.

Glen

Mine is like that. I like the look of the cooler. But I certainly don't need one.

A thermostat will often not allow the oil to warm up properly. When closed, it allows about 10% of the oil to circulate through the cooler. As the oil warms up and the thermostat is open, it allows about 10% of the oil to bypass the cooler and go back to the engine. This allows all of the oil to warm up together. Otherwise, the thermostat would open and you'de get a big slug of cold oil into a hot engine. And that's a bad thing.

The down side of that is that if you're cruising down the highway on a cold morning, the oil will never warm up. That is also a bad thing.

[Gaz64]

Originally Posted by bobcowan

Mine is like that. I like the look of the cooler. But I certainly don't need one.

A thermostat will often not allow the oil to warm up properly. When closed, it allows about 10% of the oil to circulate through the cooler. As the oil warms up and the thermostat is open, it allows about 10% of the oil to bypass the cooler and go back to the engine. This allows all of the oil to warm up together. Otherwise, the thermostat would open and you'de get a big slug of cold oil into a hot engine. And that's a bad thing.

The down side of that is that if you're cruising down the highway on a cold morning, the oil will never warm up. That is also a bad thing.

That's why the bypass when cold is only a small amount to allow it warm up.

An oil cooler without a thermostat will take a long time to warm up.

An oil cooler with a bypass thermostat will warm up the oil almost as quickly as without a cooler.

Any factory installation has a bypass, and so you should when adding aftermarket parts.

Gary

[tortuga]

Originally Posted by bobcowan

Mine is like that. I like the look of the cooler. But I certainly don't need one.

A thermostat will often not allow the oil to warm up properly. When closed, it allows about 10% of the oil to circulate through the cooler. As the oil warms up and the thermostat is open, it allows about 10% of the oil to bypass the cooler and go back to the engine. This allows all of the oil to warm up together. Otherwise, the thermostat would open and you'de get a big slug of cold oil into a hot engine. And that's a bad thing.

The down side of that is that if you're cruising down the highway on a cold morning, the oil will never warm up. That is also a bad thing.

I disagree,
I have a cooler and the canton thermostat, and the oil ALWAYS marches right up to 100 c and stays there unless I put the leather to it then it goes as high as maybe 105 or so...the rate at which it goes to 100 is pretty much independent of ambient temps...of course I’m in CA (not proud) so the block never gets very cold when cold...could be different in really cold climates I guess.
Cheers
Steve H
SPF 1764