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Im thinking about buying an oil cooler for my GTT

But while searching I came across a thread where someone said that it can be bad to run an oil cooler with standard oil pump

no one replied with anything confirming or denying this claim

I was just wondering what ppl opinions would be on this subject

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pfft, some poeple have no idea

just put it in, know one boots there car in the 1st 5 minutes of it running, it take bout 1 minite longer to get to normal working temp.

you wont notice it till you on the track and your oil temp wont go over a surtian temp.....

only install oil pump when your building the bottom end of ur engin and be sure to install a bigger sump.

xoxoxo

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Im just a little concerned at my oil temp

cruising around town it sits on about 100

but lately with summer kicking in up here its starting to head up closer to 110 deg with air conditioner on

god forbid I head to the highway

water temp is fine

*this are taken from the factory gauges ,they may or may not be accurate

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pfft, some poeple have no idea

just put it in, know one boots there car in the 1st 5 minutes of it running, it take bout 1 minite longer to get to normal working temp.

you wont notice it till you on the track and your oil temp wont go over a surtian temp.....

only install oil pump when your building the bottom end of ur engin and be sure to install a bigger sump.

xoxoxo

Just curious, have you had an oil cooler and oil temp gauge?

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Im just a little concerned at my oil temp

cruising around town it sits on about 100

but lately with summer kicking in up here its starting to head up closer to 110 deg with air conditioner on

god forbid I head to the highway

water temp is fine

*this are taken from the factory gauges ,they may or may not be accurate

water temp and oil temps are related so if ones fine the other should be okay, those temps seems normal i wouldn't worry unless it goes above 125ish.

also the temps should be lower if anything on the highway due to more airflow and less revving.

if you don't do alot of hard driving or trackdays i wouldn't worry about an oil cooler.

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battery Posted Today, 02:48 PM

just make sure you get a thermostat otherwise it will takes ages to get the engine up to operating temp and/or make the temps to low thus creating wear.

do most kits come with a thermostat or do you usually buy it as an extra, never really heard of a thermostat on an oil cooler

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Ideally you should have the oil temps close to the water temp again this will be effected by fitted oil coolers and power output etc on different cars.

have to say that 100 seems a bit high for cruising but i have found the factory gauge to not be all the acurate. still 100 is not damaging the oil i believe mineral based oil starts to break down around 125 again depending on the quality of the oil. But again 90 is better than 100, how dark is the oil when changed?

I may be wrong but oil pumps are positive displacement gear pumps so really shouldnt be an issue with a standard pump or after market, unless there is to much restriction in the cooler you use, resulting in oil pressure drop. and thats a bad bad thing!

I run 3 coolers on a standard pump ( well i think it is ) and had no issues yet, long may it continue.

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Oil cooler is a waste for city driving.

Only a good mod if you hit the track, otherwise there is little benefit.

If you don't ever plan to hit the track then don't bother is my opinion. Quick fix= get oil temp. gauge and that will show you how hot the oil is in summer with air con. running.

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I never see my oil colour as it get changed by my mechanic

He uses royal purple and tell me that they are a pretty stable oil at high temps

but still In my mind its high

could putting a bigger turbo on it make it rise by 10 degrees its used to sit on around 90degrees with the old turbo

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do most kits come with a thermostat or do you usually buy it as an extra, never really heard of a thermostat on an oil cooler

they usually don't come as part of the kit but u can usually get them as an extra.

I never see my oil colour as it get changed by my mechanic

He uses royal purple and tell me that they are a pretty stable oil at high temps

but still In my mind its high

could putting a bigger turbo on it make it rise by 10 degrees its used to sit on around 90degrees with the old turbo

you should make it a habit to check the oil level every so often when filling up.

i usually check the oil and tyres once every two weeks or so.

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I've been told it isn't good to have an oil cooler unless it's intense endurance races?

My water temp will sit at 80ºC but my stock oil temp gauge has always sat at 70ºC.

I've been told this isn't good for my engine because the oil isn't warming up enough and can cause wear to the engine?

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