Oil Cooler Pros and Cons - To Fit or not to?

ChasR RR Helper motivation Posts: 10,309 Club RR Member Number: 170	Oil Cooler Pros and Cons - To Fit or not to?ChasR @chasr Club Retro Rides Member 170
	Feb 17, 2012 18:45:36 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Recently I have thought about acquiring one for the Stag. However, whilst I admit cars like my 944 and MGB may have come with them can fitting one cause more issues than it is worth? Some information suggests that the Stag could use an oil cooler (Sump capacity is below 5 litres), others believe that they are only really necessary on a Stag for when either towing or driving at high speed (I was planning on going to Europe (not too far away from England!) in the future but that will not be for quite some time yet. Discuss .
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TurboDieselWeasel Posted hell of a lot I like fully mechanical fuel processing Posts: 5,188	Oil Cooler Pros and Cons - To Fit or not to?TurboDieselWeasel @dieselweasel
	Feb 17, 2012 19:08:01 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I'd say: Fit a oil temp gauge and monitor your oil temperatur under various driving conditions. Then decide if your engine could benefit from a cooler or not.
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bstardchild Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 14,975 Club RR Member Number: 71	Oil Cooler Pros and Cons - To Fit or not to?bstardchild @bstardchild Club Retro Rides Member 71
	Feb 17, 2012 19:44:37 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Feb 17, 2012 19:08:01 GMT TurboDieselWeasel said: I'd say: Fit a oil temp gauge and monitor your oil temperatur under various driving conditions. Then decide if your engine could benefit from a cooler or not. Just that And if you do need one put a stat in the circuit to speed up warm up times


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andyborris Posted a lot Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose. Posts: 2,220	Oil Cooler Pros and Cons - To Fit or not to?andyborris @andyborris
	Feb 17, 2012 19:47:20 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Normally only really worthwhile if you're doing a lot of sustained high revs, or towing up hills. I think a oil cooler was a dealer fitted extra on the B, it was quite expensive (and a good earner for the dealer!) You can imagine the scene at the MG dealers "of course you need an oil cooler, it's sports car and you'll drive it fast, won't you" says the salesman! Be careful of over-cooling it, oil needs to be at a certain temp to work and I'd also wonder about the oil pressure with the extra pipes and the pressure drop across the cooler.


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