So the only question I have left is "Is it safe to run with it disconnected without a stand alone oil cooler?"
Shaun -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Schieb Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 5:08 PM To: Bill Cardell Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Stock oil cooler BC:>your oil typically will be hotter than your coolant, so the cooler will be dumping a lot of extra heat into the oil I assume that Bill had a typo and meant to say . . . your oil typically will be hotter than your coolant, so the cooler will be dumping a lot of extra heat into the WATER Regardless, of whether you get rid of this heat via a larger rad or an additional cooler, once you have it you need to get rid of it. Eric Bill Cardell wrote: > I think Keith is correct in its reason for being, but once on track > your oil typically will be hotter than your coolant, so the cooler > will be dumping a lot of extra heat into the oil that would be better > addressed with a separate oil/air cooler. > > Bill Cardell > TurboDog's Dad > www.flyinmiata.com > www.fmwestfield.com > Sales 1-800-359-6957 > Tech 970-464-5600 Before you call, check out > http://www.flyinmiata.com/FAQ/ > Come to our Open House! August 14-17 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Shaun Bogan > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 05, 2008 8:45 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: Stock oil cooler > > Yep. That was my hunch. I'd hope that my oil temps are not exceeding > the coolant temps. Hopefully I'll be down around 200-215 on the track now. > > Shaun > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Keith Tanner > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 05, 2008 10:28 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: Stock oil cooler > > My suspicion is that the stock oil "cooler" is actually there to aid > the oil in coming up to temperature more quickly. The coolant reaches > operating temperature before the oil does. > > Keith Tanner > Flyin' Miata > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.flyinmiata.com <http://www.flyinmiata.com/> > 1-800-FLY-MX5s (orders) > 1-970-464-5600 (tech) > 2008 FM Open House: August 14-17 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Shaun Bogan > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 05, 2008 8:04 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Stock oil cooler > > Does anyone know how much cooling the stock oil cooler actually > does? I'm in the process of wrapping up a cooling system re-route > and had decided to disconnect the stock oil cooler/throttle body > heater circuit. Given that I was seeing 225 degree coolant temps > on the track pretty regularly, I'd think that the oil cooler would > be doing more heating than cooling. However, since I don't yet > have an oil temp gauge, I don't know what my oil temps are. Thoughts? > > Thanks! > > Shaun > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
