bi22le
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| posted on 12/3/14 at 07:52 PM |
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Teach me the basics please!!
I have done many a mod, fix, fiddle and mend over the years. I generally have lots of confidence with my mechanical knowledge and spanner skills.
But,
I am going to be refilling the car with oil soon and am wondering if I should be doing anything different now that I have an oil cooler and
thermastatic take off. It has no oil in it at the moment and it also has an accusump.
I can just fill it up but once it gets warm its going to start oil off down towards the oil rad which will empty the engine. The accusump may help a
little but its risky. So, maybe I could load the rad up with oil before hand?
Thoughts?
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rodgling
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| posted on 12/3/14 at 07:54 PM |
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Yes, fill the rad with oil. If there is a thermostat (and assuming it behaves like my car), you will get oil pressure as normal until you hit the
thermostat opening point... then you will get 5-10 seconds of no pressure. So make sure you let the car warm up while idling until you see this
happen... don't want it to happen at 7k rpm!
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