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Re: Oil cooler fan
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15/08/2007 19:13
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Do you notice the oil temps differing wildly from the water temps? If so you would need to trigger it from the oil temp itself.
I would think that a decent fan would make a big difference to the temperatures though.
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Re: Oil cooler fan
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15/08/2007 19:52
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As an exercise it’s not going to do any harm. In terms of costs vs. benefits I suppose that’ll depend on how valuable you consider having one less paranoia multiplier?
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Re: Oil cooler fan
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15/08/2007 20:09
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What I mean is that if the oil is much hotter than the water it will be transferring heat to the water via the block... which will then get cooled via the water radiator - even the fmic will help keep temperatures down to some extent.
I think it is probably a good mod to add the fan though - but you would definitely want to trigger it off actual temperature settings (how you work them out is a different question) - but you can get a kit to switch a fan off/on triggered off a voltage signal for £6-7
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Re: Oil cooler fan
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15/08/2007 20:34
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How are you going to do this? I wouldn't put the fan in front of the cooler and there isn't much space behind the cooler IIRC.
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Re: Oil cooler fan
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15/08/2007 21:09
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Sorry, i have to ask, why would you want a fan in the first place?
The oil cooler is there to cool the oil, the only time the oil cooler isn't up to scratch is repeated use of the car on a track, so unless you are turning it into a track car, i fail to see the point in installing a fan, when the stock oil cooler is adequate for short bursts
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Re: Oil cooler fan
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15/08/2007 21:31
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100 degrees is fine for oil temp, you want to be worried when it climbs to 120 degrees, this is when the chemical composition of the oil breaks down and isn't as effective at lubricating and taking the carbon deposits
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Re: Oil cooler fan
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15/08/2007 22:17
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Sorry, i have to ask, why would you want a fan in the first place? As I said, I was just curious wether a fan would be usefull to keep the oil cool,Especially on hot days in stop start traffic. The oil cooler is there to cool the oil, the only time the oil cooler isn't up to scratch is repeated use of the car on a track, so unless you are turning it into a track car, i fail to see the point in installing a fan, when the stock oil cooler is adequate for short bursts Will hopefully be using my car on the track,TBH I am hoping to compete in TOTB next year aswell. Ijust thought/wanted to know if keeping the oil cooler, would help keep the engine cool, and assist the radiator fan aswell, It was only an Idea something to think about.
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Re: Oil cooler fan
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15/08/2007 22:24
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That is fair enough, I wasn't out to discredit your idea's just curious as to why. I personally think, that it would be a waste of time and would be better off with the ongoing group buy of a larger oil cooler, because the way the weather is going, we dont get that many hot days anymore! But the oil cooler should be uprated if you're going to look at running 50% - 100% more power than the stock engine, like the radiator should be done etc..
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