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[Scatmancraig]

My car doesn't have a seperate transmission oil cooler, both the old and new radiators have it built into the drivers side of the radiator.  I wasn't even aware Omega's had a seperate cooler, I know older Senators and Carlrons did, but I think even they went for the integral cooler on later cars.

[Scatmancraig]

Well today I took the car on a near 200 mile round trip to help my daughter move house. Viscous remained silent for 95% of the time, it only really came on after idling in heavy traffic for a while, and soon went off again once moving.  And bear in mind as well tha I had two passengers and a very full boot for 50% of tbe time, plus it was over 20 degrees outside.

In other words, it's a hell of an improvement on how it was before!  Still not perfect as it still warms up quickly under full throttle, but cools down again soon after. And it will happily sit at 80+ without getting hot too.  I think as long as I don't take it racing then I can probably trust it a bit more now!!

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Good news 

[Scatmancraig]

Good news 

Indeed.  And it continues to behave, viscous hardly cuts in at all since the weather has cooled down a bit as well.

Still got to do that bloody belt tensioner though.  I know its only a 10 minute job to change it, I'm just tight and I don't want to spend any more on it just yet!!

[Diamond Black Geezer]

You might be tight, but the tensioner certainly isn't! 

[TheBoy]

Remove the viscous, it helps keep the I/C fan in functioning condition.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

The Turbo Weasel ran without a fan for almost its entire time in our family... in fact I think that's actually the one you now have! 

[Scatmancraig]

Remove the viscous, it helps keep the I/C fan in functioning condition.

I may try it again without the fan once I've sorted the tensioner.  The viscous hardly ever comes on, so I know its cooling a lot better than it was.  I also know that the electric fans work as they came on before when I tried running it without the viscous for a very short while before I replace the water pump and radiator.

You might be tight, but the tensioner certainly isn't! 

Don't give up the day job.....! 

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Haha. Actually I am, sick of the ruddy place!