Oil cooler

[chesterak]

Do you fit the cooler before or after the filter? If there's a good reason for either way I can't see it - unless an engine failure and resultant filling of the cooler with debris is a good reason for having it after the filter.

Stan
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[kdavies3]

Hi Stan,
you should fit the cooler after the filter, I assume you are going to use a thermostat to the system too.
You effectively want to have two possible circuits, a short circuit when the oil is cold through the filter and back to the engine.
A long circuit which is opened by the thermostat allowing the oil to flow from the filter, through the cooler before it goes back to the engine.

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Kev Davies
Dax, 383ci Chevy Stroker, Tremec TKO
South Wales

[Mike]

As per words above 2 x circuits, one hot one cold
Mike

[chesterak]

Kev/Mike,
Thanks for the replies....as the Yank Military - say HUA!!! (Heard And Understood - never could get why the letters are the wrong way round).

Stan
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