Fitting Oil Cooler

[tony 16V]

Hello,

I just ordered a new oil cooler for me clio 16v (ph1) and was wondering if I should take off the old water cooler plate thats there already or leave it in place??

cheers

Tony.

 

[Paul16V]

water cooler plate?

 

[tony 16V]

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1071229444__watercooler.jpg

 

[BenR]

leave it, it aids warmup.

 

[adiclio16v]

ive just fitted one to mine takes a couple of hours altho i did mine in the dark

take bonnet bumper and rad out to make life easier otherwise ull just struggle,

get a shorter 2.0 oil filter too cos the longer valver one wont fit

adi

 

[Red16]

adi did u get a thermostat for the oil cooler, so oil is only passes through the cooler when it gets to a certain temp?

or is it piped permanently into the oil line, so it is trying to cool already cool/cold oil at startup etc?

 

[Tonys]

Take the bumper, bonnet and rad off? Why? Where have you mounted it?

Just bolt it straight on mate, and find somewhere to mount it.

Without the thermostat it just takes a bit longer for the car to warm up. Just means the oil is flowing through it all the time. The oil cooler dosnt really slow the heating of the oil it just stops it getting too hot when running at high temps.

 

[Red16]

Quote: Originally posted by Tonys on 13 December 2003


Without the thermostat it just takes a bit longer for the car to warm up. Just means the oil is flowing through it all the time. The oil cooler dosnt really slow the heating of the oil it just stops it getting too hot when running at high temps.

it will slow the heating up of the oil, because the engine is trying to warm the oil and the cooler is trying to cool it, so it must slow the heating up of the oil down. overcool oil is not a good thing.

if there was a thermostat it wouldnt slow the heating of the oil, it would just stop it getting too hot when running at high temps

 

[Clio16vPaul]

I wouldnt do it without a stat, unless its a tiny cooler

 

[adiclio16v]

i got a sandwich plate with built in oil stat

i took the bumper off to mount the cooler behind it anyway, took the bonnet and rad out to fit the sandwich plate to the block its a bit of a squeeze plus it was dark and didnt fancy cutting me hands to shreds

adi

 

[Alex M]

tony wher you get oil cooler kit for the valver or did you buy individual components yourself

 

[tony 16V]

Hello Alex,

got a complete kit form think auto, the contact and number are in the discount bit.

cheers Tony.

 

[u33db]

How much will this actually cool running temps by?

 

[BenR]

depending on the size of the cooler, oil temps you run, and rpm.....from 10-30 deg with the stat.