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Originally Posted by bobcowan
Why do you feel it needs this? Oil is heated by RPM's, mostly. Unless you're pounding it lap after lap on the road course, the oil doesn't heat up enough to worry about. On the street, a cooler tends to keep the oil too cold. It never heats up enough to do it's job properly. |
Adding a cooler without adding a bypass thermostat will make the oil take longer to warm up. Each cycle of not reaching minimum oil temp allows more acids to top up and dilute the oil.
First thing to do is add an oil temp gauge, and then determine if you warrant an oil cooler.
Gary