<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Simon,<div dir="auto">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. </div><div dir="auto">I stopped as the oil pressure dropped to zero because I could smell oil..</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If you don't need cooler I would suggest that the added risks of problems should be a large consideration. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">M</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jan 15, 2019, 8:11 PM <<a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-GB" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_-6074855198385637199m_-8400574886865840426WordSection1"><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="m_-6074855198385637199m_-8400574886865840426MsoListParagraph" 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="m_-6074855198385637199m_-8400574886865840426MsoListParagraph" 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="m_-6074855198385637199m_-8400574886865840426MsoListParagraph" 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="m_-6074855198385637199m_-8400574886865840426MsoListParagraph" 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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