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Title: Oil cooler conversion on ebay
Post by: mantahatch on 01 December 2008, 14:31:02
What do we think of this. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vauxhall-Omega-Elite-front-mount-oil-cooler-conversion_W0QQitemZ180310585981QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item180310585981&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Mike
Title: Re: Oil cooler conversion on ebay
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 01 December 2008, 14:32:53
The question has to be, why go for an inferior solution.
Title: Re: Oil cooler conversion on ebay
Post by: LaserLance on 01 December 2008, 18:22:34
quite like the wheels on his miggy  ;) ;) ;)
Title: Re: Oil cooler conversion on ebay
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 01 December 2008, 19:13:13
I like the wheels ;)
Title: Re: Oil cooler conversion on ebay
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 01 December 2008, 19:24:43
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What do we think of this. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vauxhall-Omega-Elite-front-mount-oil-cooler-conversion_W0QQitemZ180310585981QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item180310585981&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Mike


But if this sytem had been considered suitable for the Omega, as it was for the Senator, then it would have been 'designed in'. ::) ::) ::)

To install this system respectively must alter the cooling dynamics and surely will cause a problem? :-? :-?
Title: Re: Oil cooler conversion on ebay
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 01 December 2008, 19:36:50
What you have to consie is that the oil/water heat exchanger does some very clever things.

1) It heats the engine up quicker as the oil (which generaly heats up quicker than the water) warms the water up.

2) Then once the engine is upto temp, the stat is controling the water temp to within +/- 5 degrees....this keeps teh oil at a very constant temp, never to hot and never to cold!

Far superior to an oil/air cooler where the oil can be over cooled and the engine heatup is slowed down