Uprated oil coolers

[Ian@TunerUK]

My new project car is already equipped with 2 x Mocal oil coolers, now is this going to be overkill or will I actually need them both? I run one Mocal cooler on my 205 MI16 and oil temps rarely go over 85 degrees when driven hard.

I\'m just a bit worried that with 2, the oil is never going to get up to decent working temperature. (I know the Type R\'s come with 2, but I doubt they\'re as good as the Mocals...)

[mattfduk]

i would run one and sell one to me!

[Ian@TunerUK]

i would run one and sell one to me!

You can have the one that needs welding then

[RemarkLima]

Why don\'t you use a thermostat?

[Ian@TunerUK]

Why don\'t you use a thermostat?

I\'m not using anything at the moment, there\'s no engine!

[RemarkLima]

Then why are you worried about you oil temps? Even with no coolers they\'ll stay at ambient (in the containers still) :p

But seriosuly, you can get oil therostats so the coolers only have oil going through them when the oil\'s up to temp (but I assume you already know this!)

[Ian@TunerUK]

Then why are you worried about you oil temps? Even with no coolers they\'ll stay at ambient (in the containers still) :p

But seriosuly, you can get oil therostats so the coolers only have oil going through them when the oil\'s up to temp (but I assume you already know this!)

Yeah that was my train of throught to be honest, but I don\'t want to run 2 coolers, if I can get away with 1. It just seems to complicate things to me...

[interloper393]

id say use one cooler on the passenger side and use the space on the drivers side for some cool air ducting mods

[Ian@TunerUK]

id say use one cooler on the passenger side and use the space on the drivers side for some cool air ducting mods

It\'s a good job the one on the passenger side doesn\'t need welding then ain\'t it

[interloper393]

lol it must be fate!!

[elford_tim]

I\'d definitely run them with a thermostat - IMHO 85C is running too cold for oil, I\'d want to see 90C-100C anyway to help with the evaporation of various nasties that tend to accumulate in the oil...

[kbareham]

I\'ve just changed mine around a little. I still have the nearside cooler in place. The offside cooler has been removed to make room for the air filter. I now have a large oil cooler across the front as a primary cooler, which feeds into the nearside cooler before returning to the engine. I have a thermostat in line. The return pipe from the coolers is normally cold to the touch, so I would say that you need the stat to keep the oil from being overcooled.

Keith