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[chris_gilly]

Model: city
Year: 1989

right i was thinking of fitting an oil cooler! and just want to know a few things!!
any help will be great!!
what are the benefits of fitting one??
where can i get one from and how much are they???
when do you NEED to fit one?

[mike.]

The benifits on a standard engine are none - Infact the engine oil might get overcooled and never get up to temperature.
There about £35 plus another £30 off for the hoses and most mini places sell them - Minisport, minispares etc
You only really need to fit one on highly tuned engines or engines that tend to get very hot - Such as a turbo or race engine. Its also advised that one is fitted ifd you fit a sump guard as sump guards greatly reduces airflow around the sump and its cooling fins.

Bottom line basically - They're pretty unnessesary in alot of cases.

Edited by minimadmike, 30 September 2008 - 05:09 PM.

[chris_gilly]

The benifits on a standard engine are none - Infact the engine oil might get overcooled and never get up to temperature.
There about £35 plus another £30 off for the hoses
You only really need to fit one on highly tuned engines or engines that tend to get very hot - Such as a turbo or race engine. Its also advised that one is fitted ifd you fit a sump guard as sump guards greatly reduces airflow around the sump and its cooling fins.

Bottom line basically - They're pretty unnessesary in alot of cases.

ok cheers matey

[Monstrous]

It has been recommended that if you do fit one, that you should fit some form of oil thermostat inline with it, meaning the oil will only flow through the cooler if it exceeds a set temperature as like Mike said, you may risk cooling the oil down too much on a standard engine

[1987_ParkLane]

Also could you use them oil flushers when you fit one? As I use them when I change my oil to get all the cr*p out and stuff, so just wondering if they would ruin it?

Cheers

[mike.]

Once an oil coolers got any *rubbish* in it, it won't come out. They're very hard to clean out properly. I wouldn't advice using those engine flush additives if you have one fitted.

However its only a 10 min job to take the cooler off and refit the standard oil pipe if you were doing an oil change and wanted to flush the engine through.

[THE ANORAK]

a point to note: the RSP limited edition cooper (the car that launched the return of the cooper) had an oil cooler fitted as standard but by the time the car got to mainstream production it had gone !!!!

why ???

i didnt need it