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Will an oil cooler really lower engine temp.
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External oil coolers do in fact lower oil temp.
My point was to start a discussion about an external oil cooler and if it had effects on engine temp, not oil temp. So far, it seems that they are not NEEDED but that they do affect engine temp. It seems that if you lower the oil temp, and that's the only change you made, the engine temp will follow.
My point was to start a discussion about an external oil cooler and if it had effects on engine temp, not oil temp. So far, it seems that they are not NEEDED but that they do affect engine temp. It seems that if you lower the oil temp, and that's the only change you made, the engine temp will follow.
On a 'normal' circumstance an oil cooler will not lower engine temp. Your normal cooling system and thermostat does that.
If you are running a 180* thermostat and your car runs @ 180* degrees before you 'only' install an oil cooler, the engine temp will not lower following the oil cooler install if the oil cooler is the only change you made. The 180* thermostat wont let your engine run under 180*.
Again this is under normal circumstances.
However if you consider the extreme circumstance...
If you're running a 160* thermostat or even no thermostat and your engine runs at 170* before installing an oil cooler, you might see 'some' additional cooling after having only installed an oil cooler.
OR if your cooling system has a problem where your car run 190* with a 180* thermostat, you might see a change.
Yes oil plays a roll in keeping the engine cool, while it lubrcates and takes heat away from the moving metal parts, but your cooling system keeps engine cool thus cooling the oil and everything else. Change the temp in the cooling system via better radiator or different thermostat and the engine temp and oil temp will follow... not the other way around.
My .02
Last edited by genuine1980; Mar 6, 2007 at 12:40 PM.
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Let's not leave out anything..
""In many ways, the LS7 is a racing engine in a street car," said Dave Muscaro, assistant chief engineer of small-block V-8 for passenger cars."
Anyone on here running a dry sump system on the street? Pretty rare I'd say.
Here's DETAILS on wet sump vs dry sump:
http://www.moroso.com/articles/artic...utOilPans.html
Note: "Other advantages of a dry sump system include increased oil capacity, more consistent oil pressure, the ability to easily add remote coolers, and adjustable oil pressure. And because the pan doesn’t store oil, it can be relatively shallow in depth to allow lower engine placement for improved weight distribution and handling."
So what's next...you wanna go the whole route and install a DRY SUMP SYSTEM? This oil cooler idea is getting more complex and EXPENSIVE the more you guys talk about it.
Dep
""In many ways, the LS7 is a racing engine in a street car," said Dave Muscaro, assistant chief engineer of small-block V-8 for passenger cars."
Anyone on here running a dry sump system on the street? Pretty rare I'd say.
Here's DETAILS on wet sump vs dry sump:
http://www.moroso.com/articles/artic...utOilPans.html
Note: "Other advantages of a dry sump system include increased oil capacity, more consistent oil pressure, the ability to easily add remote coolers, and adjustable oil pressure. And because the pan doesn’t store oil, it can be relatively shallow in depth to allow lower engine placement for improved weight distribution and handling."
So what's next...you wanna go the whole route and install a DRY SUMP SYSTEM? This oil cooler idea is getting more complex and EXPENSIVE the more you guys talk about it.
Dep
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