Oil Cooler

[towe001]

First you would need an oil temperature guage to see if your oil is getting hot enough to need to be cooled.

 

There are negatives to having one- The pump has to push the oil a lot further and will have to work harder. You would need a thermostat in there or the oil may be too cold when it gets back to the motor, so its like running on 'cold' all the time with the oil very viscous.

Chewing the fuel like there's no tomorrow.

Which comes back to needing the thermostat. Its very close to being the same thing as running the coolant system of the motor without the thermostat.

• The coolant stays cold, will not be able to remove any "hot-spots" from the head, cause the thermostat acts like a blockage slowing coolant flow.
• Increased fuel usage
• Increased engine wear - this is the only one different to the oil.
• But both the increased fuel and wear can be closely related to both coolant and oil.

when you could just fin the sump.

I like that idea cause you can also add wings to the sides and oil control flaps inside the sump. You'll be able to dump a full 5L bottle of oil into the motor and not have to worry about if correct amounts when you do oil changes.

but I figure a stock 4K is in no danger of overheating the oil!

Unless the motor has problems, which in turn would mean the oil cooler would just be a band aid fix.

Or its very hard working.

[Heath.]

ok ok... maybe oil cooler isnt the best idea for the little 4k. might save the idea for the 4age down the track. god dam P plate laws.