3S-GTE Guys.......Oil Cooler users within please. Options

[Fastbird]

So after finally picking up an oil temp gauge, I'm noticing a pattern that I DON'T like. My oil temps are hovering around 220° during normal driving and for the short 7 mile blasts I go down the highway, they climb into the 230°-240° range. This is being light on the car.

I have a feeling that it would DEFINITELY benefit from an oil cooler. So my question for you guys is how are you plumbing the cooler into the system, and what kind of cooler are you using.

I'm looking at two different styles of transmission coolers available at my Auto Zone that I work part time at. One is a simple tube running through fins, like the cheap ones you see. The other is like a minature radiator, bar and plate style.

My thoughts on where to plumb them in are initally to come in on the drain side of the turbo and use a scavenging pump to move it through the cooler back into the pan. I think this would provide the greatest amount of efficiency but definitely NOT the best cost margin. Other than this, I can't think of where to plumb it in.

And for those wondering, I have the temp sensor for the gauge mounted in the filter sandwich adapter with no problems noted.

Any pics, write-ups, or ideas on setups you guys might have?

[lagos]

Hmmm.........I haven't seen any type of fitting under my oil filter. I have been in there more than a couple of times and don't remember seeing anything.

Its the actual aluminum assembly that you screw your oil filter onto is your oil cooler. If you look at it closely, you'll see coolant lines running to it.

As for the plumbing of a cooler on the drain side of the turbo.........you might be getting ahead of me here. I have already put thought to the fact that it could cause a backup which I know is b-a-d. But.....my way around that would be to put the scavenging pump in BEFORE the cooler, so that the scavenging pump is pulling off of the turbo and pushing through the cooler. I think that would be no more restrictive than the stock drain line and would provide the best results of installing a cooler.

The oil cooler, fittings, lines, etc... would be a restriction over at big free flowing factory return line... with or without a pump. The best way to do it is to add a sandwich adapter to your oil filter.

This post has been edited by lagos: Mar 8, 2008 - 1:50 AM