Oil Cooler Setup on a VTS Turbo

25th March 2009, 10:52

Right, i have a query regarding the functioning of oil coolers.

This will be my setup (which i havent implemented yet):

Take off plate fitted to block - one that also allows re-location of the oil filter
Hose from take off plate to oil filter plate
Hose from oil filter plate to oil cooler (19 row)
Hose from other end of oil cooler back to the take off plate fitted to the block.

Now, i know i need to fit a thermostat somewhere in the system, but the question is, where? Applying the simple rules of pressure and valves etc, i cant use a thermostatic take off plate on the block because the oil will not reach the oil filter until the oil gets hot enough to open the thermostat (80 degrees ish, i believe).

So, i was thinking, i could fit an in-line thermostat between the oil filter plate and the oil cooler (i.e the last link before it hits the cooler element of the system). This would then allow the oil to reach the filter, but wouldnt allow it to reach the cooler. What i cant get my head round is, how does the oil reach the filter and get back to the block? - I maybe just thinking of it too systematically, but it doesn't make sense to me!

Also, to throw a spanner into the works - i need to take a feed from the oil system somehow for the turbo, which i guess will have to be before the thermostat. I am planning to modify my sump to accommodate an oil return, unless anyone else has any better ideas given my setup?

Can anyone give advice on any of this?

25th March 2009, 11:00

you need a 2 way thermostat so its allways running oil through the cooler (i have the same issue)

you need the it setup like this
take of plate on block
thermostat
open side of thermostat through cooler
closed side through a straight line
t piece the 2 lines back together
and then through te filter
and back to the take off plate

hope that helps out

25th March 2009, 11:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex-VTS

you need a 2 way thermostat so its allways running oil through the cooler (i have the same issue)

you need the it setup like this
take of plate on block
thermostat
open side of thermostat through cooler
closed side through a straight line
t piece the 2 lines back together
and then through te filter
and back to the take off plate

hope that helps out

I dont understand that lol. How does a 2 way thermostat work? Also, surely you dont want oil to be running through the cooler all the time like you suggested? The whole point of the cooler is to cool the oil once it gets above 80 degrees - not so that it is cooling the oil all of the time. Unless you mean oil filter instead of oil cooler? Even then, i dont understand lol. Can you explain it a bit, i.e what connects to what?

Cheers

25th March 2009, 12:47

Take off plate on block.
Hose to remote filter from take off plate on block.
Line back from remote filter back to take off plate on block.
Thermostatic oil filter on the take off plate where filter would go, filter than attaches to the front of this as it would on the block 'typically'
2 attachments that come off the thermostatic filter plate to the oil cooler (feed & return).

Then have a constant oil supply running through the filter, When up to temp the thermostatic plate will then allow the oil through the oil cooler and back to the filter and back into the system.

Hope this helps

26th March 2009, 08:18

This is the thermostatic plate that allows oil into the filter but not the cooler unless it gets above 80oc. But as your using a remote filter you need an Inline thermostat;

This allows oil to keep flowing but stops it flowing to the cooler unless it gets above 80oc.

Very simple to plumb in and looks cool if you use anodised fittings.

26th March 2009, 09:46

Thanks for this Ste. I am slowly getting the picture lol.

This is the kit i have, can someone explain to me what i will need to replace / add to this kit to get it working properly with a thermostat?

26th March 2009, 10:10

sorry yea i put open and closed wrong lol

2 wat thermostats have one in and 2 out lines
when the thermopstat is closed it allows oil through one (so past the cooler to the t piece)
when it opens it opens the other hole and closes the first so the oil woild go through the cooler to the t peice