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25 wrz 2018 · Overcooling, an oil cooler with no thermostat, can be as damaging as overheated oil. So measure your oil temperature! easily doen by using a dipstick sensor as used in VW Beetles.
Includes oil cooler radiator, fitting kit, filter adaptor ...
4 sie 2014 · I am getting my 1979 1500 spitfire back on the road after 5 years rest. It has overdrive and a kenlowe fan, but if I am going to do a lot of distance driving and sit on motorways is it worth adding an oil cooler? I remember hearing that the sudden drop in pressure created as the oil thermostat op...
26 mar 2001 · An oil cooler is just a miniature water radiator but made much more robustly to handle the higher pressures. I think oil coolers are very good and should be fitted. Basically when Triumph designed the Spit engine in the dark ages people didn’t go bombing down the motorway at 90 Mph all day. So oil getting too hot and losing its lubrication ...
These kits include mounting brackets, unions, thermostatic oil filter adaptor, spin-on oil filter adaptor where appropriate, with a choice of rubber or stainless steel braided hoses where appropriate.
24 maj 2011 · Mine has the oil cooler mounted essentially in the ductwork that directs air into the radiator. So it's not adding any heat to the air. This is a 1980 Spitfire, so the ducting is larger, making the mounting easier.
The oil cooler itself is a 10 row unit, p/n OC5103-8. The little black cap in the photo above (at about 2 o'clock), is the thermostat housing spring cap. I'm using a Purolator 'PureOne' micofilter element filter that also has an anti-drainback feature.
