why no oil cooler ?
My z51 is a masterpiece of automotive tec . Trans cooler , Dif cooler , Oil cooler, no, no oil cooler. I moved the licence plate off the grille and replaced the grille with the Z06 . Now runs at 185 degrees at highway speeds but in slow traffic the oil temp is at 200 degrees . Why no oil cooler . df.kruger@gmail.com . with respect always .
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Originally Posted by dfkruger
(Post 1596409575)
My z51 is a masterpiece of automotive tec . Trans cooler , Dif cooler , Oil cooler, no, no oil cooler. I moved the licence plate off the grille and replaced the grille with the Z06 . Now runs at 185 degrees at highway speeds but in slow traffic the oil temp is at 200 degrees . Why no oil cooler . df.kruger@gmail.com . with respect always .
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Where is the oil cooler on my 2016 lt3 z51 .
Originally Posted by dfkruger
(Post 1596409575)
My z51 is a masterpiece of automotive tec . Trans cooler , Dif cooler , Oil cooler, no, no oil cooler. I moved the licence plate off the grille and replaced the grille with the Z06 . Now runs at 185 degrees at highway speeds but in slow traffic the oil temp is at 200 degrees . Why no oil cooler . df.kruger@gmail.com . with respect always .
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Originally Posted by dfkruger
(Post 1596417571)
My car is a 2016 Z51 3LT .
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^ Exactly. The water-to-oil cooler is that blocky looking thing on the side of the oil pan.
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It also doubles as an oil heater for quicker warm-up and cold temp operation.
*edit* Already stated above, missed it at first. |
Originally Posted by dfkruger
(Post 1596409575)
My z51 is a masterpiece of automotive tec . Trans cooler , Dif cooler , Oil cooler, no, no oil cooler. I moved the licence plate off the grille and replaced the grille with the Z06 . Now runs at 185 degrees at highway speeds but in slow traffic the oil temp is at 200 degrees . Why no oil cooler . df.kruger@gmail.com . with respect always .
As other stated, there is an oil cooler on your car. |
If you take the car to the track a lot you can add the GMPP Secondary Radiator which will drop about the oil temp about 14 degrees. They are now standard on all M7 cars.
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Haha the c7 oil heater, not an oil cooler.
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Like everyone said all Z51 C7s come with an engine oil cooler.
Heres a picture of it so you'll know what it looks like. https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.cor...d05e558b7c.jpg |
Originally Posted by BlueDevilZ51
(Post 1596784478)
Like everyone said all Z51 C7s come with an engine oil cooler.
Heres a picture of it so you'll know what it looks like. https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.cor...d05e558b7c.jpg |
It warms and cools the oil both, depending on conditions which really is the best of both worlds. Engine coolant comes to temp faster than oil does, then once the oil is warmed up, this keeps it around the same temp as the engine coolant. Colder isn't better when it comes to an oil's ability to protect. My 2014 Z51 typically keeps the oil in the 190F's during normal driving, then 210-240 during hard aggressive driving; all of this is well within Mobil 1's effective range. External air/oil coolers can often times over-cool the oil which is why proper systems need to use a thermostat bypass, but you're still left with longer warm-up times (something the dry-sump already struggles with) without having the engine coolant to help bring it up to temp.
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Originally Posted by Kracka
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It warms and cools the oil both, depending on conditions which really is the best of both worlds.
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A better way to ask the question is "why doesn't the C7 have a dedicated liquid-to-air heat exchanger?"
Otherwise, Tadge will simply tell you that they have an oil cooler, which is that brick that everyone likes to refer to as an oil cooler. He will also tell you it is there for quickly heating up the oil but also cools the oil blah blah blah, which is not what you want him to rant about. At the end of the day whether you have a dedicated oil HE is not really as important as having sufficient liquid-to-air heat exchangers (whether coolant or oil pass through them) and how well they work given the aero treatment around them. You have to cool both the water and the oil and you can only do so if you can pass enough of the heat to the atmosphere (air). |
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