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

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

On 1:15:55 am 06/12/05 Neptuno <neptunonc@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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,
>
> is that the 240 Volvo intercooler that you have on that picture? In
> anycase how much more oil is needed in the car to make the pressure
> costant? or does the stock levels apply?
> Thank you,
>
> El Tony
>

I'd be curious to see how that Volvo bit installs too, I have one here in a
box (for Klaus at some point).
I run some water wetter, keep the mix from being too lean, and have added
some aluminum baffles to direct flow of air through, not around the rad.
(the original firbrous ones seem to vanish) There's also the low temp
thermostat/fan switch IIRC, that was ages ago, and the beautiful Passat
twin fans (a nice direct bolt on, five minutes tops). And a nice fresh O
ring on the "cooler". Anyway, she ran an oil temp around 104 on the trip
home from Cincy in the heat, not bad for a 16V. Whatever I did, it seems to
be working. Knock wood...
Cathy