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Re: Oil pressure reading

Posted: 27 Jun 2013, 17:12
by AdrianC
kevtherev wrote:
AdrianC wrote:What it will do fairly well is to heat the oil up more quickly from a cold start - which an oil-air cooler won't.
It will if you fit a thermostically controlled one.
Which Mocal do

It won't speed the heating of the oil - it'll just not cool it until it's hot. Coolant always heats up much more quickly than oil does, and the oil-water cooler helps to warm the oil up.

Re: Oil pressure reading

Posted: 27 Jun 2013, 17:28
by kevtherev
Oil air coolers can be switched off to allow the coolant to heat the oil quicker
Hence the thermostat