[Healeys] Oil Cooler?

[Michael Salter]

Simon,
I came very close to destroying a newly rebuilt engine many, many years ago
when the brand new oil cooler split at a seam and slowly leaked all the oil
onto the highway.
I stopped as the oil pressure dropped to zero because I could smell oil..

If you don't need cooler I would suggest that the added risks of problems
should be a large consideration.

M

On Tue, Jan 15, 2019, 8:11 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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