Turbo saver w/oil cooler to radiator Question

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Hey guys, how are your turbo savers run? with or without the oil cooler lines to the radiator? anybody got any pics of how they plumbed the turbo saver with and without the oil cooler lines going to the radiator?

My car is primarily a street car and I drive it quite a bit in the hot florida weather. I cant help thinking that running the turbo saver after the oil cooler adapter would be better than eliminating the adapter to the radiator.

Anyone know which is the better way to go????

Thanks in advance,
Dave

 

[SHADOWII]

Consider the temp. of the oil coming from the rad. cooler. ~160-180* depending on the efficiency of the rad. If you push it thru an external cooler, it will drop it even more. Somewhere closer to the ambient temp.~110-140* again depending on the efficiency. This worked well for my trans cooler due to winter temps. Helped to keep the temp's more constant. The rad. acts as a pre-cooler to the ext. cooler.

 

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Consider the temp. of the oil coming from the rad. cooler. ~160-180* depending on the efficiency of the rad. If you push it thru an external cooler, it will drop it even more. Somewhere closer to the ambient temp.~110-140* again depending on the efficiency. This worked well for my trans cooler due to winter temps. Helped to keep the temp's more constant. The rad. acts as a pre-cooler to the ext. cooler.

Thank you for your reply. I have an Alradco radiator that I just installed and I use the trans cooler lines to the rad. cooler and an external also. I figure it would help to lower the engine oil temp, thus keeping it thicker and helping the oil pressure at idle.

 

[Flyin Brian]

My turbo saver/remote oil filter does not run through the cooler in the radiator or any other cooler. Many people have told me to run them that way.

 

[ikle]

Hey guys, how are your turbo savers run? with or without the oil cooler lines to the radiator? anybody got any pics of how they plumbed the turbo saver with and without the oil cooler lines going to the radiator?

My car is primarily a street car and I drive it quite a bit in the hot florida weather. I cant help thinking that running the turbo saver after the oil cooler adapter would be better than eliminating the adapter to the radiator.

Anyone know which is the better way to go????

Thanks in advance,
Dave

I was told 8 year ago that an oil cooler isn't needed if you run synthetic oil, but things change. I have read that hot oil hitting the bottom of the pistons will cause detination, Buick worried about that and thus opt to use an oil cooler, but that was before synthetic oil was interduced. Also after people experiance an engine failure they eliminated the factory oil cooler all together, so if it was so important they would install an external oil cooler at that time. So I am wondering the same thing " is an oil cooler needed. "

 

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I ran the turbo saver without the oil cooler when I installed it. But I noticed that since I put in the alradco radiator in last week, the engine temp is 15-20 degrees lower and intern has increased my oil pressure at hot idle by 4-5 lbs. My thought being that if the oil is cooler, then its thicker and has better pressure. I just wonder who is running the turbo saver and oil cooler and if they feel its better. Anytime the oil is cooler and has more pressure...thats a good thing. I just want to protect the engine and turbo the best that I can with what I have. I dont want to elimate the cooler if its beneficial at all.

 

[SHADOWII]

The average oil temp should be the basis for the use of extra cooling.
Sorry to hear of the trans. slippage. check the cable adjustment, I had mine slip and toast the clutches before I realized the problem wasn't engine related.

 

[84BuickGNYorkPA]

Turbo Saver with no oil cooler over here.....
Just my thoughts here, if you run a oil cooler and the motor gets rebuild because of issues, replace/flush it, or do as I did put it on the work bench and forget about it. You don't want to chance a fresh rebuild on hidden crap in the oil cooler, besides let the radiator cool the motor, which will keep the motor oil in check. Good idea also to let the car idle for 5 minutes after a run at the track (or on the street), gives the turbo a chance to cool down some.

Chuck

 

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Turbo Saver with no oil cooler over here.....
Just my thoughts here, if you run a oil cooler and the motor gets rebuild because of issues, replace/flush it, or do as I did put it on the work bench and forget about it. You don't want to chance a fresh rebuild on hidden crap in the oil cooler, besides let the radiator cool the motor, which will keep the motor oil in check. Good idea also to let the car idle for 5 minutes after a run at the track (or on the street), gives the turbo a chance to cool down some.

Chuck

Thanks for your input Chuck. Its a brand new alradco radiator I just installed. Im still on the fence about the oil cooler but there is no doubt that the new radiator made the engine run cooler which increased my oil pressure at idle when hot. I will probably hook up the oil cooler next oil change and see if it makes a difference in the oils viscosity and hence the idle oil pressure.

 

[bison]

I ran the turbo saver without the oil cooler when I installed it. But I noticed that since I put in the alradco radiator in last week, the engine temp is 15-20 degrees lower and intern has increased my oil pressure at hot idle by 4-5 lbs. My thought being that if the oil is cooler, then its thicker and has better pressure. I just wonder who is running the turbo saver and oil cooler and if they feel its better. Anytime the oil is cooler and has more pressure...thats a good thing. I just want to protect the engine and turbo the best that I can with what I have. I dont want to elimate the cooler if its beneficial at all.

More pressure isn't always better. Having enough pressure is important. Ive refused engine swaps and turbo swaps when I was not installing owner supplied parts and always stated that any damage caused by owner supplied parts or ore existing conditions is all the owners expense. This includes damage to new parts I may be installing. With that said the only oil cooler I'd be using is a new one I. A new radiator. All bets are off if the cooler is used even if the owner is confident it's not contaminated. I've seen turbos fail and shortblocks be ruined because of metal filings in that dislodged from the cooler circuit. There us definitely a slight increase with an oil cooler. I havent run one for years and never had a pressure/bearing problem. I blend oils to get the pressures I'm looking for. Usually 10w-40 is fine. Sometimes in the heat of summer I'll add a quart or possibly two of 50. In the winter it's 10w-30 and 10w-40 mix or just 10w-30 if it's really cold out

 

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More pressure isn't always better. Having enough pressure is important. Ive refused engine swaps and turbo swaps when I was not installing owner supplied parts and always stated that any damage caused by owner supplied parts or ore existing conditions is all the owners expense. This includes damage to new parts I may be installing. With that said the only oil cooler I'd be using is a new one I. A new radiator. All bets are off if the cooler is used even if the owner is confident it's not contaminated. I've seen turbos fail and shortblocks be ruined because of metal filings in that dislodged from the cooler circuit. There us definitely a slight increase with an oil cooler. I havent run one for years and never had a pressure/bearing problem. I blend oils to get the pressures I'm looking for. Usually 10w-40 is fine. Sometimes in the heat of summer I'll add a quart or possibly two of 50. In the winter it's 10w-30 and 10w-40 mix or just 10w-30 if it's really cold out

Thanks Bison. I agree with the new radiator for sure. I just installed a new Alradco and its got a beautiful oil cooler. Im goig to add the oil cooler on the next oil change and see. I figure that it should help with cooling the oil and the engine in the brutally hot weather here in south florida. I just wanted to get some thoughts and input from those in the know. I wanted to make sure that it was not a bad idea.