Why oil cooler

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First i need some more info…. Thursday, November 11, Sign in. Forgot your password? Get help. Password recovery. A Hard-Fought Championship. Schedule Yourself For Success. Setting Toe With a Laser Level. From the Factory. Rescued From the Flood. Air Supply Solutions. The oil enters the oil cooler at a high temperature, circulates through tubes that are lined with heat-releasing fins and then exits the cooler at a colder temperature, ready to recirculate and start the process all over again.

Using the basic principles of thermodynamics, the size of the oil cooler needed can be calculated and can be plumbed into a car using extended oil lines to divert the fluid through the heat exchanger. In performance cars — especially track racers and rally cars — oil cooling is extremely important due to the amount of heat transferring into the fluid from the constant flat-out driving and high-powered engines.

Specific heat exchangers will be placed in areas of high air flow for maximum cooling to wick temperature away from systems like the steering, keeping the whole car at a temperature equilibrium. Even the headlight surrounds were grilled to allow air into the engine bay and through the oil coolers desperately needed to keep the high-intensity rally car within its safe operating limits.

Not all cars necessarily need specific oil cooling however; your everyday run-around will only ever need the natural cooling effects of the oil lying in the sump or coursing through other areas of lower temperatures to stay within the required viscosity limits. Engine modifications may also bring the need for an oil cooler to the front of the shopping list. As an engine produces more power, it naturally creates more heat energy which will then transfer to the oil.

If this level of heat transfer is above what the original engineering was specced to cope with, then measures will need to be taken to remove this additional heat from the oil system.

Once the oil is processed, it will leave the cooler at a temperature that is already colder. This cycle will continue repeatedly. The attachment will be determined by the type of vehicle you own. So, why not avoid doing it yourself and asking the pros for help? Thankfully, we can help you with that!

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