Oil Cooler or no Oil Cooler??

[lvega@bellsouth]

Is the factory oil cooler that runs through the radiator do more harm than good? i was thinking of dissconnected it to see if my water temp drops a bit,but im not sure if this will increase the oil temp enough to notice? thx for input

 

[azgn]

I personally think the rad oil cooler is worthless.....these cars need to be "warm" to function well anyhow

if you are using your GN to tow your horse trailer or making 1000 hp, maybe it helps...otherwise, IMHO, we can live without it and prolly drop engine temps a bunch

just my opinion and I "may" be full of crap...anybody have any research on the subject?

 

[lvega@bellsouth]

I talked to Ron Davis (Ron Davis Radiators) he seems to think that running the oil through the radiator helps heat the oil quicker,thus,helping the motor live longer,he also told me that the radiator is the most efficient way to cool the oil rather than a seperate cooler,im hoping i can can get some more feedback on this

 

[XxDarkSidexX]

i have installed a perma-cool oil cooler. it was only $75 bucks and with steel line, pipe bender and fittings total was under $100. Any time your running a turbo set up, an after market oil cooler is the way to go. Turbos really eat away at ur oil and u burn alot more then a n/a car. Having a oil cooler will help decrease the temp of your oil thus preserving the life and lubrication capability of ur oil.

 

[GN SBS]

I spoke to PTE about this recently and they suggested running an oil cooler, even with the turbosaver. This conversation was about some cooler v. no cooler not factory rad location v. aftermarket cooler.

-S.

 

[bruce]

The stock oil/water heat exchanger is priceless.
It's the best way to go for a street car.

It helps to warm the oil up, and then tries to stablise it's temp relative to coolant.

Best running oil temps are at about 200dF. They are all formulated to run in that range since 99.99999 of all cars are designed with that in mind. It's critical to get the oil hot enough to boil the water out of it. Too cold is worse in many ways then too hot, and going over 250 is a nono. While some oils claim to work at 450dF the problem is the bearing clearance at 450 is fubar'd, so nothing matters once the oil is tooo hot.