oil cooler thermometer issues?

[franks]

hi all,

i've been strongly advised that my oil cooler problems is due to the thermometer mechanism not opening up and letting oil flow through to the core?

this makes perfect sense as the relocation kit and filter is hot and the braided hoses to the core and the core itself is dead cold even after several track laps.

im just wondering if anyone has encountered/heard of such a problem? was the fix to remove the thermometer/mechanism altogether? or is there another fix?

also, what are the pros and cons of running no thermometer? i understand the fact oil needs to be at a certain temperature to effectively work?

[Nismo32]

I think its a good idea to run a thermostat in ur oil cooler system cause if u dont it circulates the oil through the cooler as soon as u start the car and it takes ages to heat up, so it stays to thick and doesnt circulate very well, i suppose this can cause engine damage over time. I would just replace the sandwich plate that bolts to the block. I think thats were it is.

Cheers

[franks]

I think its a good idea to run a thermostat in ur oil cooler system cause if u dont it circulates the oil through the cooler as soon as u start the car and it takes ages to heat up, so it stays to thick and doesnt circulate very well, i suppose this can cause engine damage over time. I would just replace the sandwich plate that bolts to the block. I think thats were it is.  

Cheers

thermostat, thats the word i was looking for

yeah i want to keep the thermostat too. i want it to work as it was supposed to! ie. open up at a certain temperature. having said that, i know alot of oil cooler systems which work without thermostat's!?

the thermostat is on the relocation kit for the oil filter i believe? its a trust grex kit....

[gts4]

[mist]

with the temps we get in Oz, I don't think we really need the thermostat .. believe the original intention was to prevent oil going into the oil cooler during cold winters ? anyway, i didn't bother getting a thermostat equipped one in my car, oil warms up within 5-10 mins depending on outside temps. just drive it sensibly, thats what I do. Did you have anyone else look at your problem franky?

[franks]

yeah i'm very close to taking it to ben and just telling him to rip out the thermostat. i've also been told that by pulling it out simply giving it a "service" may get it to work again? i can see a replacement thermometer being a pain in the ass to acquire tho! :

yeah my local mechanic and proconcept have had a good look at it. both have been too lazy to open up the relocation kit and give it a proper diagnosis. infact, the only place to suggest doing that has been c&v...the others have just kept telling me what i tell them ... bast&^#!

[Nismo32]

A friend of mine has an AE with an oil cooler and no thermostat, it also has an ioil temp gauge. He says it stays to low for to long and thus not lubricating properly. But i suppose u could go without it.

Cheers

[2rismo]

The oil thermostat is there for a reason. Unless you intend to let your car warm up an extra 20 mins before driving anywhere.

But in saying that, you drive like a sook unless you're at wakefield so rip the friggin thing out!!!

Adrian

[franks]

nismo32, i dont think its the healthiest thing to be running cold engine oil but i do know several people who do it. but i guess they'll never know the true extent of the damage because they wont keep the car long enough to know

i want to keep the thermostat.

[T0nyGTSt]

This is my impression.

Like Frank I use a Serck/Earls kilt. It's way overkill esp. in winter, although we'll see this weekend

I do notice that the oil filter is very cool in normal driving?

It's my impression that the motor sends the dirty oil to the filter thence to the cooler and back to the motor?

This is the normal flow as the oil MUST pass the filter therefore must flow to the cooler?

T.

[franks]

i notice the oil filter very hot whilst driving which is reassuring knowing that the engine oil is getting filtered...

do you ever see your oil cooler core hot?

the 2 braided lines running between my engine block and relocation kit are hot. the 2 braided lines running between my relocation kit and core are dead cold (and so to my core).

my understanding is, and this is coming from my experience with my kit, the dirty oil from the engine block is getting to the relocation kit and the filter, being filtered, and then returning back to the block.

because the thermostat in the relocation kit is not working, the oil is bypassing the oil cooler core. hence the forward and return lines of the oil cooler core (and obviously the core itself) are dead cold...

[T0nyGTSt]

As far as I know, there's no thermostat in my Earls kit but you're free to ask the workshop who installed mine.

My 19 row cooler is not installed in the normal place (no room!) but it only gets lukewarm but I expected this - I asked the distributor for Serck/Marston if this is normal and they said it was.

The oil filter gets hot but I guess no more than say 50c because it's never uncomfortably hot.

Otherwise the car runs as if the core was not there - warms up as quick as a stock car.

T.

[franks]

rightio, well it seems as though your thermostat is working a little better than mine