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    What oil cooler do people use on xe's in novas, is it worth getting a cav/astra one or going for an aftermarket one such as mocal. if so, what size?

    edit - can it be bypassed?


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    A std cav/astra one will do it fine. Only bigger ones are needed if its gonna spend all day on track.
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    I think most people use what comes standard with the engine. As Benn said, only really need to upgrade if tracking it hard. Even then, IMO, might be abit of overkill.
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    Thanks for the replies.

    Can the oil cooler be bypassed? I seem to recall something about removing the sandwich plate at the oil filter and by-passing it using something from a c20ne?

    I know people might say "if the original cav/astra had it, then it must be needed". But its extra work to source the oil cooler/pipes.

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    IIRC you can remove the sandwich plate part. Have a search, may have been covered before.

    BUT, not all that hard to get hold of the pipes second hand.
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    Doh, search is my friend and all that.

    Turns out the sandwich plate can be removed and bypassed by using a fitting from any smallblock:

    http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthr...ch+plate+c20ne

    I thought the c20ne fitting was needed but evidently not, happy days.

    It seems this has been done plenty before.... so it shouldn't cause any problems running without a cooler?

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    Yeah its easy to remove it, i never use them. You need a thread bit that screws in to the filter and up in to the pump. Sure its found on 2lt 8v engines.
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    I use a Cav Sri one on my hatch, it fitted behind the grill, and was a good fit, on my previous saloon, I removed the cooler, never notice a temperature difference

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    Quote Originally Posted by Benn
    Yeah its easy to remove it, i never use them. You need a thread bit that screws in to the filter and up in to the pump. Sure its found on 2lt 8v engines.
    Yeah I thought you had to get the fitting off 2l 8v, but that thread says you can get it off any smallblock? Only one way to find out I suppose.

    Graeme - yeah done some searching there and it seems oil cooler is really only necessary for track use.

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