[Healeys] Oil Cooler?

[Michael Oritt]

Simon--

I believe the ideal temperature range for oil is between 230 and 250
degrees so perhaps you should take your oil's temperature after a good run
to see if an oil cooler is indicated.  There is such a thing as oil being
too cool as one of the things we want to happen is for oil to get warm
enough--above 212--to cook off any water that may have formed from
condensation.

Without a hole in the shroud I doubt that the oil cooler would do very much
cooling though someone recently posted a picture of a sheet metal "shovel"
that mounts just beneath the shroud to hopefully duct air up to an oil
cooler.

Best--Michael Oritt

On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 5:26 PM <simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com> wrote:

> My nephew’s BJ8 came with a boot full of mixed blessings from its PO.
> Amongst all the manuals and stuff were two boxes containing an oil cooler
> and mounting kit. NOS.(Actually, these items dated back quite a while…2 or
> 3 POs back).
>
> So, he gave them to me as he wasn’t remotely interested in fitting them. I
> took them back to the UK and determined that I might fit the cooler “one
> day”. Well, as the car is up on a stand with the radiator out, it seems
> that the day may have arrived. Minimal amount of work compared to having to
> do it from scratch? Now:-
>
>    1. For someone who lives in a temperate climate and who seldom goes
>    all that fast in his Healey, how much benefit is there in a cooler?
>    2. The Denis Welch brackets look pretty good. Fit onto the lower
>    radiator mounts. Designed for their cooler but I think mine can be
>    shoehorned in.
>
> Has anyone tried these brackets?
>
> How easy/hard to fit?
>
>    1. I will not be cutting any holes. The cooler would sit in front of
>    the radiator in line with the lower mounts.
>
> Is it a waste of time to put the cooler in there without a dedicated hole?
>
> Will I gain as much heat by blocking some airflow to the radiator as I
> lose with the cooler?
>
>    1. Seems like an oil cooler may just be a waste of effort???
>
>
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Simon
>
>
>
>
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