<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Simon--</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">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. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">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.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Best--Michael Oritt</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_2373304431396349851gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 5:26 PM <<a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com" target="_blank">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-GB"><div class="gmail-m_2373304431396349851gmail-m_-2293356111218239334WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">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).<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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:-<u></u><u></u></p><ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="1" type="1"><li class="gmail-m_2373304431396349851gmail-m_-2293356111218239334MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm">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?<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_2373304431396349851gmail-m_-2293356111218239334MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm">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.<u></u><u></u></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal">Has anyone tried these brackets?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">How easy/hard to fit?<u></u><u></u></p><ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="3" type="1"><li class="gmail-m_2373304431396349851gmail-m_-2293356111218239334MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm">I will not be cutting any holes. The cooler would sit in front of the radiator in line with the lower mounts. <u></u><u></u></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal">Is it a waste of time to put the cooler in there without a dedicated hole?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Will I gain as much heat by blocking some airflow to the radiator as I lose with the cooler?<u></u><u></u></p><ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="4" type="1"><li class="gmail-m_2373304431396349851gmail-m_-2293356111218239334MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm">Seems like an oil cooler may just be a waste of effort???<u></u><u></u></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Any thoughts?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Simon<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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