Removed oil cooler, now I have better oil pressure
#16
Re: Removed oil cooler, now I have better oil pressure
Originally Posted by BlkLT1Z28
b/c if the car is not being road raced or any harsh driving then its really not needed.
#17
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I live in FL and I drive/drove my car pretty hard, as long as your not running something like 5w30 then you should be fine. I dont run run anything less than 10w30 and when my motor is done I will probly run mobil 15w50 b/c the will only be driven on the weekend and when I go to the track.....so pretty much anytime I drive it it will be driven hard.
#19
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Originally Posted by seawolf06
Is there a possibility that this is what's causing my low oil pressure after a cam swap? It's around 22 at cold idle and 5-10 at hot idle.
#20
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Originally Posted by shoebox
The cooler should have not made a difference in pressure, if you did nothing to it during the swap. They do have a tendency to get clogged, though.
#21
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Ehh, one more thing to point out about running an aftermarket oil cooler.
Your oil does close to 50% of the total cooling of your engine. The antifreeze does the rest. That said, anything that can lower your oil temp, helps keep operating temps down.
And the cooler oil stays, the longer it will last. It just is an all around win-win situation. A very well-worth $100 mod. My temp gauge definatly stayed lower than before I had it. And I am only running a fairly small oil cooler, in a cooler area ( Pittsburgh PA ).
I never had any problems with pressure, 20+ psi HOT idle.
Your oil does close to 50% of the total cooling of your engine. The antifreeze does the rest. That said, anything that can lower your oil temp, helps keep operating temps down.
And the cooler oil stays, the longer it will last. It just is an all around win-win situation. A very well-worth $100 mod. My temp gauge definatly stayed lower than before I had it. And I am only running a fairly small oil cooler, in a cooler area ( Pittsburgh PA ).
I never had any problems with pressure, 20+ psi HOT idle.
#23
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Originally Posted by seawolf06
I unplugged the lines and that was all, but I can't say that absolutely no gasket material got in there. How much work is it to remove?
I'm not quite sure my oil pressure actually increased, but I definitely noticed a difference in the gauge response, it was MUCH quicker and more reactive. If I remember correctly the pressure did seem a little higher at warm temps, but that could have been just my imagination!
#24
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yeah i have an oil cooler in my 97 ss, came with it, but i have not had any problems with mine either, oil pressure stays the same, and i'm at 72k right now. just took it off last night while i was taking apart my engine, and its clean as a whistle inside
if i were to take it off..what would i do about the two stud looking things up in there, that see like they would get in the way of screwing a filter on??
if i were to take it off..what would i do about the two stud looking things up in there, that see like they would get in the way of screwing a filter on??
#25
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Here's a good thread on this subject; read about the difference in design of the early oil coolers, versus the 1995+
http://web.camaross.com/forums/showt...ght=oil+cooler
http://web.camaross.com/forums/showt...ght=oil+cooler
#26
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My 97SS came with one as an option. My motor spun with less than 7 grand on the clock after I had a cam installed. Since I don't know why my motor went to hell, but did find metal shavings in the cooler, I opted not to have one installed on my new short block. Take it for what it is worth.JMHO
#27
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Originally Posted by Z28Roxy
My 95 didn't come with one. I bought it used, so I guess it could have been removed but I doubt it since it was bone stock down to the paper filter.
#28
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Corvettes have been using Mobil 1 5W30 synthetic oil as the factory fill since 1992. According to Dave Mclellan, the Corvette’s second chief engineer, “The most important reason was that the LT1 engine needed an oil cooler for certain high thermal stress situations. We were concerned that the external oil cooler plumbing, which ran near the exhaust manifold, was vulnerable to manifold heat. Tests with Mobil 1 showed that the engine ran cool enough that an external oil cooler was not even needed".
taken from article--http://www.royalpurple.no/mobil1.pdf
taken from article--http://www.royalpurple.no/mobil1.pdf
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