Hot, Hot HOt!! (suggestion to bring doen the oil Temp)

[gforbess at attglobal.net (Gordon Forbess)]

On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 15:24:19 -0700 (PDT), Neptuno
<neptunonc@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Since Cincy there is some thing that has been bothering me. And that is the Temperature on my Cels guage. I hear all this accounts of people bearly reaching 100C*, but no not me 
>120-30's C*. I know that the auto tranny will generate more heat than the manuals ones, but is that normal for hwy crusing at about 70mph?
> 
>I need recomendations on what to do to bring that temp down.
>Switch Oil? But to what weigth?
>Coolant is good and top off.
>Fan works very well kicking in at both speeds.
>Oil to oil cooler? (would that really make a difference and much more oil would I need?)
> 
>Interested to hear your suggestions, especially those that had automatic A1's and A2's in the past.

Standard advice in the past was to add an oil to air cooler and 180F
thermo controlled sandwich plate.  Could be a holdover practice from
aircooled cars which were notorious oil cookers, but they were
considered absolutely essential for any tweaked motor.  Drake, among
others, recommended them even for stock applications.

http://pws.prserv.net/gforbess/scirocco/cooler.jpg  

I don't see much talk about any kind of oil coolers here.  Does that
little joke of an oil/water cooler gizmo really do anything?  I see
Potter doesn't even sell a real oil cooler.














     
Gordon

75 Mk I/Drake 1.9
http://pws.prserv.net/gforbess/scirocco/scirocco.htm