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Sourced an Audi Oil Cooler



Sorry if I came across like I was irritated, not at all, just offering my 
experience...  :-)  No worries...  -----My new mantra...

David Utley

Quoting Brad Sterling <bgsterling@earthlink.net>:

> <snip David>
> The boiling temp of water/glycol IIRC is just below 230.  If you are running
> you engine hard, or have high ambient temperatures, the ability of the
> coolant
> to remove the excess heat from the oil is greatly reduced.
> <end snip>
> 
> <snip Patrick>
> In my case running a 3a/jh 10.5:1 Compression engine @ 120'F using AC  =
> 120-130'c on the oil
> This is why I did this mod.
> <end snip>
> 
> Okay.  That's cool.  I'm not trying to start anything.  Like I said, I was
> in regular 100+ heat and stop-n-go traffic without issues.  If you're seeing
> higher temps, I can appreciate that you'd want to do something about it.  It
> seems that some people have tried hard to keep oil temps so low, that
> they're running under 100'C.  I had learned that you want to keep oil above
> 100'C to boil off condensation and limit parasitic drag from thick, colder
> oil.  You guys aren't seeing those kinds of temps, so it's a non-issue.
> 
> -Brad
> '86 Scirocco 16v
> 
> 
> 



David Utley
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