Stillen Oil Cooler and its thermostat

bleunetizen · 03-23-2014, 03:58 AM

Hi guys,

Just fitted the stillen race oil cooler kit which comes with thermostatic oil sandwich plate and setrab 25row cooler.

I am wondering how useful this thermostat is, because I am seeing around 80degC (176degF) while doing 110~120kph.

I was expecting it to shoot upto 90+ fairly quickly but I guess it doesnt work that way, maybe its only useful for areas where its freeze cold..

any ideas?

critical · 03-23-2014, 04:48 AM

it's not the greatest but it works. the oil will take longer to heat up with the cooler. on cool nights i cruise at 160 degrees. gauge is measuring oil coming directly from the cooler. don't worry about it.

DEpointfive0 · 03-23-2014, 04:51 AM

It's never fully closed. 20% is always open up to 100% at 180.
And the temperature gauge will be about 20 degrees cooler than the actual temp of the oil

bleunetizen · 03-23-2014, 04:58 AM

ah. so its measuring whats going back into the engine then.. thanks for the info

03-23-2014, 03:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
bleunetizen Base Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: NZ Posts: 138 Drives: BMW M6, 530i, 370z Rep Power: 13	Stillen Oil Cooler and its thermostat Hi guys, Just fitted the stillen race oil cooler kit which comes with thermostatic oil sandwich plate and setrab 25row cooler. I am wondering how useful this thermostat is, because I am seeing around 80degC (176degF) while doing 110~120kph. I was expecting it to shoot upto 90+ fairly quickly but I guess it doesnt work that way, maybe its only useful for areas where its freeze cold.. any ideas?

03-23-2014, 04:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
critical A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Washington Posts: 1,252 Drives: 09' 370z 7AT Rep Power: 17	it's not the greatest but it works. the oil will take longer to heat up with the cooler. on cool nights i cruise at 160 degrees. gauge is measuring oil coming directly from the cooler. don't worry about it. __________________ Quaife w/ gears \|Stillen Gen 3\|SOLD FI Resonated Test Pipes \|SOLD FI 18'' \| 25row Stillen Race \| Progress 35mm/25mm sways \| Swifts/Koni\|Volk G25's\| Stoptech SS lines\|\|SPL Front/Rear Arms\|

03-23-2014, 04:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
DEpointfive0 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: SoCal Posts: 14,824 Drives: a lot Rep Power: 17153	It's never fully closed. 20% is always open up to 100% at 180. And the temperature gauge will be about 20 degrees cooler than the actual temp of the oil __________________ Do YOU want to know what/where I got my username from? ( Click to show/hide ) NSFW due to language:

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03-23-2014, 04:58 AM	#4 (permalink)
bleunetizen Base Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: NZ Posts: 138 Drives: BMW M6, 530i, 370z Rep Power: 13	ah. so its measuring whats going back into the engine then.. thanks for the info