How To Fit An Oil Cooler?

1. user_12092 Saxperience Addict Joined: Oct 2006 Inside Your Girlfriend Posts: 12190 Fabia vRS

   #1 21st April 2009, 14:05

   Any guides on this or any pics?
2. Colin Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jan 2006 Banbury Posts: 4623 Saxo Rally Car Evo 6

   #2 21st April 2009, 14:17

   As in a Mocal one? Cable ties help
3. williamsvts Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2006 northumberland Posts: 7693 pulsar gtir, mk4 astra sxi

   #3 21st April 2009, 14:28

   lol, its easy, think i have some pics
4. williamsvts Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2006 northumberland Posts: 7693 pulsar gtir, mk4 astra sxi

   #4 21st April 2009, 14:32

   ive got mine down here
   
   
   
   got some metal brackets holding it on.
   
   can see a bracket on the left of the oil cooler
   
   
5. user_12092 Saxperience Addict Joined: Oct 2006 Inside Your Girlfriend Posts: 12190 Fabia vRS

   #5 21st April 2009, 16:32

   Where do the pipes go?
   
   Also what happens to the normal oil cooler behind the filter and the 2 hoses the come off the top rad hose
6. user_4153 Frequent Poster Joined: Oct 2004 Cambs Posts: 630 Vts track car

   #6 21st April 2009, 17:42

   You ditch the standard heat exchanger(oil cooler) along with the standard top rad hose and replace with one without the take off's(106gti).
   
   Pipes are routed around the side of lower cross member and back into the engine bay beneath the lower chassis rail and then to the sandwich plate.
7. williamsvts Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2006 northumberland Posts: 7693 pulsar gtir, mk4 astra sxi

   #7 21st April 2009, 19:00

   you dont need to get rid of the heat exchange. you just put the sandwich plate onto the heat exchange , then the oil filter goes onto sandwich plate.
8. user_27114 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Sep 2008 jarraaaaaaaaaa Posts: 3580 Mk2 16v VTR + Nitrous

   #8 21st April 2009, 19:56

   When will you need an oil cooler? Like tracks days or summit? Or is it just for highly modified cars? Or is it just helpfull to stop it overheating?
9. Mark51p Super Moderator Joined: Sep 2006 Wakefield Posts: 14427 Golf GT

   #9 21st April 2009, 20:30

   iirc you need a thermostatic sandwich plate. The sandwich plate stops the cooler overcooling while normal driving. You only want the cooler to reduce temperature when giving it some on the track (as temp rises too much).