Most possibly a silly question reguarding oil coolers

[b33fy172]

Hi,
I've just bought a 13 row mocal oil cooler for my 172.
Now i'm planning to do an oil change at the same time, with the oil cooler fitted will I need to put more oil into the car?
Silly question I know, but i'm not 100% sure.

thanks in advance.

 

[Fred@BTM]

yeah you will, only a bit more, just check the dip stick

chuck in around 4.5L to start with

if its got a thermostatic plate you'll have to get it hot, then turn off the engine and top up to the max mark

 

[Damo_Sport]

sorry to go of course, but how much was the oil cooler? and what are they like to fit?

 

[b33fy172]

yeah you will, only a bit more, just check the dip stick

chuck in around 4.5L to start with

if its got a thermostatic plate you'll have to get it hot, then turn off the engine and top up to the max mark

Cheers, Fred much appreciated :cheers:

sorry to go of course, but how much was the oil cooler? and what are they like to fit?

Got it brand new from ebay.


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400082107552

got it all including the thermostat for £141 delievered.
Don't want to say much else but it's £9 cheaper than a certain groupbuy

As for fitting it looks easy enough, remove filter put the plate in new filter on top of that and attach the hose's and mount the cooler to something

 

[kevin.s]

what are the benifits of haveing an oil cooler. have got got more mods or is it worth doing to an almost standard engine?

 

[Dangerous_dave]

not really worth it on a standard engine better things money could be spent on

if you do a lot of trackdays - hard days etc might be worth it

worth it on more tuned engines i.e cammed / itbs

i would say a must for any forced induction set up and def worth it cammed & itb'd together

 

[fmp_]

you should fill the oil cooler with oil, and the pipe work.

As when the thermostat opens there will be nothing in the pipes/cooler.

This could lead to the engine being starved of oil.... not ideal.

 

[Fred@BTM]

tis the uber safe (and messy!) way of doing it, but the capacity of the lines and cooler isn't that much, half a litre tops

on an F4R you be fine, just let it warm up sensibly

 

[172Ben]

Another stupid question to add to this.

When fitting, you take the oil filter off, attach the Thermostat thingy that the kit comes with, will just the oil in the filter come out when removing it?

Dont want to be replacing all my oil again really.

 

[Fred@BTM]

yeah you got the idea

 

[172Ben]

Easy peasy then.

Had visions of all the oil pissing out the hole Glad its only a case of removing the filter.

Tah

 

[Fred@BTM]

still messy!

 

[172Ben]

I can imagine

 

[Mark One]

you should fill the oil cooler with oil, and the pipe work.

As when the thermostat opens there will be nothing in the pipes/cooler.

This could lead to the engine being starved of oil.... not ideal.

this.
I would

 

[172Ben]

Would you do that by just pouring some oil in the top of the oil cooler?

 

[Mark One]

Make sure all your lines are the right length and your ready to fit. Remove the cooler from it's mountings and get it as low as possible. With both lines connected to the cooler, fill the cooler through one of the lines then connect it to the thermo-plate when you get it as full as you can without spillage.

 

[172Ben]

Awesome

Cheers mate

 

[172Ben]

Just to bump this rather than starting a new thread, ill be fitting mine soon.

Is there anything wrong with mounting the oil cooler with the pipes underneath rather than on top?

As i think ill be mounting it infront of the radiator just behind the front grill, looking at it itll be easier if i can mount it with the pipes coming from underneath the cooler.

Noob question i know, but dont wanna be f**king with oil

 

[172Ben]

^^

 

[Tom@JMS]

Is there anything wrong with mounting the oil cooler with the pipes underneath rather than on top?

Should make no difference what so ever, not 110% certain though.

 

[mini-valver]

No either way is fine mate. Mine are upside down, just make sure you dont mount it mega low and hit a kerb

 

[172Ben]

LOL! Cheers guys.

See how we go on wednesday

 

[bez_2k9]

iv got the same kit , iv mounted it but not pluged it all in yet lol as im adapting a temperature sensor into the system as i have a gauge inside the car , and also you will be able to fit it all and then add oil after i think as its got to go through the pipes and cooler before it gets to the thermostat so its not like you will b runing it upto 80 degrees before having to add more oil and wont b starving it ,if that makes sense , and i found i had to mount the cooler with the pipes at the bottom as there was not enough room to mount them at the top

 

[b33fy172]

Any chance you guys can add pic's when you've done it?
As I've still not done mine yet.