RazMan
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| posted on 16/3/07 at 03:04 PM |
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Oil Cooler Plumbing
I've got an oil cooler mounted on the oil filter assembly but it is not used at the moment. There are two 15mm water pipes ready to be connected
but where do they go? I presume that one is tee'd in to the bottom hose but where does the other go?
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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miegru
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| posted on 16/3/07 at 03:10 PM |
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Sounds like a heat exhanger, not just a cooler. Meaning that it will heat the oil when it's cooler than the water and cool it when its
hotter.
Don't know your setup; if you have car engine and not heater, ideally you could use the connection for the heater.
If not I would put two t's after the water leaves the engine but before the thermostant. In order to get flow through the exchanger you will
need to reduce the flowrate between the t's.
Makes sense?
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RazMan
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| posted on 16/3/07 at 03:22 PM |
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Ermm I think so. My setup is a Duratec V6 with no thermostat (electric water pump) There is a heater feed straight from the block but that only flows
when the heater is switched on. If I connect the exchanger to the heater it won't be working most of the time and will probably just boil the
water inside.
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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Ivan
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| posted on 16/3/07 at 08:32 PM |
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I think that by the time your oil gets hot enough to boil the water your electric pump will have switched on anyway so I wouldn't worry.
Edit
Err - Sorry missread what you said but can't your feed to the oil cooler come before the heater flow valve?
[Edited on 16/3/07 by Ivan]
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