Oil coolers for road cars,worth it ?

[ksa-cossie]

Or not ?

[cosmo]

well worth fitting on a track car,

but for a road car its just another place to cause an oil leak which we all love

[Chris1974]

Not in this country I wouldn't of thought, not for the odd hot summers day that we get here once in a blue moon.

[Paul RS]

If you drive your car hard and its tuned then i'd say yes. I can still see oil temps of over 100C with my cooler fitted if i send the car on. Just get a thermostat take off, means the oil heats up as normal and the cooler only open at like 60/70C

[Mike Rainbird]

If you drive your car hard and its tuned then i'd say yes. I can still see oil temps of over 100C with my cooler fitted if i send the car on. Just get a thermostat take off, means the oil heats up as normal and the cooler only open at like 60/70C

100C is PERFECT temps for the oil to be at (for burning off condensation and impurities). I personally wouldn't fit an oil cooler to a car unless the oil temps REGULARLY achieved 120C or more. Ideal operating temps for the rally cars was 110C and modern oils such as Silkolene are even better now and safe to in excess of 130C.

[cossiedavid]

100C is PERFECT temps for the oil to be at (for burning off condensation and impurities). I personally wouldn't fit an oil cooler to a car unless the oil temps REGULARLY achieved 120C or more. Ideal operating temps for the rally cars was 110C and modern oils such as Silkolene are even better now and safe to in excess of 130C.

that just says it all put my mind at rest now thanks mike