View Full Version : Oil Cooler or not?
Doing an xe conversion at the moment but I live in Jerey and there are no xe powered novas over here to have a look at :(
Looking at a few pictures on here it seems that the oil cooler has been removed :confused: is this correct or not and what do you do to the feed and return if it is correct.
pikey1986
29-01-10, 06:06 AM
for day to day driving running no oil cooler will be ok but if your planning to do track days, rallies etc then an oil cooler MAY be benofficial(sp)
Its probably easier to keep it if you have one on teh engine already..
Otherwise you need the threaded mount from a 1300 small block oil pump for the filter... (they are shorter)
Jon_nova1
29-01-10, 09:24 AM
its easier ditching it, thats why i ditched mine, took about 5 minutes to swap it over, rather than the hours of fiddling trying to get the cooler to fit somewhere
blue_peg_16v
29-01-10, 09:33 AM
ive never ran one to be fair dont even have one on the let
i'm fitting one next week.
I am planning to do track days and want to keep the oil nice and cool-er.
let_nova
29-01-10, 09:57 AM
if its there its easy. depending how neat you want it just cable tie it to the slam panel support that goes to crossmember
sr jack
29-01-10, 10:02 AM
you can also find claibras without oil coolers, thats where i got one from
George g
29-01-10, 03:49 PM
if you want to know if you need one then it would be more beneficial to actually get a oil temp guage as its only when oils get to a certain temperature that they degrade and an oilcooler is necessary.
i THINK (if i remembere correctly but feel free to correct me)
mineral = 110 deg C
Semi = 140 deg C
Synth = 180 deg C
or there abouts. if your oil is getting to that temperature and sustaining it then it would be advisable to cool it, however most oils wont reach that on a daily drive, only in racing/track or rally applications... other than that, its a nice thing to show to people thats shiny at carpark meets to make them go "wow"...
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