Originally Posted by spearfish25 Since installing the gauge, I'm much more cognicent of driving conservatively until my oil temps come all the way up to 180F. I'm also glad my
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For those of you with coolers: if you have a thermo plate, you don't have to worry *too* much about pressure damage to the cooler when the oil isn't fully warm. Based on my conversation with the MOCAL guy a while back (who made my thermo plate), the design of the thermo is that both pathways are fully open when the oil's cold. The bypass (that skips the cooler) gradually closes off over a ~5-10 degree range centered on the thermo plate's temp rating. Meaning even with a 180 thermo, you don't completely lose the bypass until 185-190-ish, and by then the oil should be thin enough to be fine. If you don't have a thermo plate, all that pressure is going straight to the cooler when the oil's cold, and I'd be a lot more careful. |
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