[Vwdiesel] air to oil, oil cooler/84 TD

[Andrew .Libby]

I've always been under the impression that you wanted the oil to get above
212° in order to boil off any accumulated moisture and avoid the creation of
sulfuric acid and the rapid wear on your engine.

That being said, I would also not want the oil to exceed 230° or so and so
an aux oil to air cooler is a nice addition.

Andrew

On 12/24/06, B & R Decker <bdecker001 at centurytel.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Rudy;
>         When I turboed a 1.6 diesel in my Rabbit pickup I used a Mocal
> thermostat controlled sandwich plate. It had a 180 degree thermostat that
> closed off the cooler till it reached that temperature. I think to use a
> non- thermostat controlled air to oil cooler would be a mistake. For the
> cooler I used the smaller of the two air conditioner condensers from a
> Dasher. It is a 9 pass about 2 inches thick, 5 inches wide and over 20
> inches long. I placed it in front of the radiator where it fit nicely.
> Pulling and 8 percent grade in 100 degree weather the oil temperature
> never
> went over 200 degrees. Cost including a few feet of Gorilla hose from my
> local hydraulic people was under 100 dollars.
>         My next oil to air cooler will be from an Audi V/8. It has a
> thermostat and a long narrow oil cooler. I got it used from Maxmillian
> Motor
> Sports in Chehalis WA. I'm pretty sure with a little fiddling it will bolt
> up to the Rabbit diesel.
> Brian Decker
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
> Behalf Of Rudy
> Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 9:29 AM
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] air to oil, oil cooler/84 TD
>
> I'm wondering if anyone here has installed an auxiliary Air to Oil,
> Cooler.
> Some ideas for an easy conversion would be helpful.  Thanks in advance for
> any ideas.
>
> Rudy
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