Oil Cooler

[DarkRaptor42]

Hi fellas. My friends was just chatting with me last night about getting an Oil Cooler for my Car. He said that the Oil Cooler will cool the car down better than the Radiator will. He also dont get it unless your car is running Hot. Well my car is fine now and not over heating but I was thinking the cooler would be good for my turbo setup im getting ready to drop on. my question is, if I got the cooler first should I run that without the turbo on or just wait, and second, when I do put the turbo on, is it even good to have an oil cooler on. Thanks

[flipboi13]

If you do get the turbo, it is a good idea to have an oil cooler to prolong the life of your oil and the turbo, especially if you do long hard runs. I would recommend waiting until you install the turbo, then put on the oil cooler at the same time. So as you break-in the engine, the oil cooler can break-in with the turbo.

But, these are 2 different things. The oil is what lubricates your engine 'parts' and cools them down at the same time. The coolant cools off the engine block and head keeping it at a stable operating temperature. The engine temperature reading on your cluster is the reading the ECM gets from the engine temperature sensor located above the main coolant pipe (next to the TPS on my 95)

Peace,
The LSD Clown

[AceInHole]

1. Oil cooler will never cool the engine down as much as the radiator.

2. Oil cooler helps oil stay within a useable temp range.

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3. I'm wondering how you can break in an oil-cooler.

[flipboi13]

You don't neccessarily "break-in" one, but I'm sure it will help keep a good seal if you connect an unused oil cooler flange with a new port from the turbo lines. &nbsp;Since an oil cooler isn't neccessary on a stock engine, I thought this minor thing could help.

BTW: damn Ace! You always on my case! &nbsp;Prepare to defend yourself!! I Challenge you to a duel with wet-soggy-noodles!! &nbsp;en Guarde!

[mazdog240]

Just wanted to add that if using an oil cooler you should be using a "remote oil thermostat". These only let 10% of the oil to travel to the cooler until the oil temp is about 180 then the thermo open allowing full flow to the cooler. &nbsp;This prevents the oil from being too cool (yes this is a problem). &nbsp;B&M make one as does Perma-Cool &nbsp;both are about $60 from Summit Racing.