Oil cooler

Oil cooler

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tvrmallorca

Original Poster:

265 posts

137 months

Wednesday 20th May 2015
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Has any one fitted an oil cooler to the tuscan Mk1... if so pictures and info on the problems fitting one would be appreciated as I am in a hot climate and would like to cool the oil a little bit better

Richie C

637 posts

205 months

Wednesday 20th May 2015
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Pretty sure the Tuscan already has an oil cooler.

http://tvr-parts.com/tvr-parts/part-details/tvr-e3...

mk1fan

10,507 posts

224 months

Wednesday 20th May 2015
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Pretty sure you should already have a heat exchanger type cooler that's plumbed into the cooling system. Are you thinking of adding an external cooler too?

Not sure it's really required. Is the oil temp reading very high? There maybe another issue.

canski

41 posts

163 months

Wednesday 20th May 2015
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Oil cooler is mounted LH side of oil tank low down, see pic it is below rusty bracket. Water inlet is at outlet of Rad. Fitting extra cooler may add oil flow resistance .
If water temp runs around 80-90oC & fans run ok then would expect oil temp to stay stable. My problem in UK is low oil temp when mobile.


tvrmallorca

Original Poster:

265 posts

137 months

Wednesday 20th May 2015
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thanks for the input... then what I saw must have been a pre-cooler which was mounted on the front chassis crossmember.... would it help since the oil tends to be around 98degrees


mk1fan

10,507 posts

224 months

Wednesday 20th May 2015
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I have the same issue - display readings drop to 60 degrees at cruising speeds. I'm pretty sure these are false readings though. The temp senders are right in air flow line at the front of the engine bay.

Once Samy is done I've got a pile of jobs to do on Tamy. One of them is to insulate / isolate the temp senders to see if the above theory is right.

canski

41 posts

163 months

Wednesday 20th May 2015
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Mallorca 98oC seems very high, has that always been the case? I think bit you are looking at is the oil cooler it is a "tube in shell" fitted next to the nearside chassis hung on rubberAVs. Does the water temp get very high, remember the ECU water temp sensor read with software tends to be different to the dash read temp sensor. Maybe the oil temp sensor is defective, does it read a similar value to water temp when car is left standing overnight?

canski

41 posts

163 months

Wednesday 20th May 2015
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MK1Fan Good call on the oil tank sensor, often thought that & like you I need to try to prove the theory.
The fact that when you pull up @ traffic lights & the oil temp jumps up from 50-70oC in 5 secs suggests we are getting close.