Oil Cooler ??

[WyoSyclone]

I'm getting ready to do ABS delete, battery relocate to left side, fresh air, blah, blah, blah...

In looking at relocating the factory oil filter housing (probably replace with an aftermarket piece with braided hoses/AN fittings), I noticed that the factory oil cooler traps probably between 1/2 and 3/4 of a quart of oil in the cooler during an oil change! Yuck! I want CLEAN oil when I do an oil change :rant:

Questions:
1) Has anyone drained the cooler during an oil change to see how much is in there?
2) What's everyone's favorite way to do an upgraded engine oil cooler/remote filter? If I mount the new filter housing below the new cooler I can guarantee draining the oil cooler... but then I worry a little about oil starvation after an oil change with all the lines and cooler drained. :dunno: I guess I could do some type of fill fitting on the cooler/remote filter so that I could fill them during an oil change (I always fill the filter). Hmmmm....

Anyone have pics or suggestions?

 

[Don W.]

Re: Oil Cooler ??

Just my :2cents: but there's "old" oil in allot of places. The oil lines to and from the filter, inside the engine passages, various (but little) puddles in the valley, up in the heads ect. Forget it and concentrate on remounting the filter. To me the filter is already out of the way but that's just me. Changing to AN lines might be a good idea though and pre-filling the filter is the best thing IMO.

 

[WyoSyclone]

Re: Oil Cooler ??

Just my :2cents: but there's "old" oil in allot of places. The oil lines to and from the filter, inside the engine passages, various (but little) puddles in the valley, up in the heads ect. Forget it and concentrate on remounting the filter. To me the filter is already out of the way but that's just me. Changing to AN lines might be a good idea though and pre-filling the filter is the best thing IMO.

Hi Don, Yup I agree that there is old oil in a lot of places... it just struck me HOW much there is in the oil cooler.
Only reason I'm looking at changing the filter location is because it needs to be moved to make room for the battery.
The horn, and RPM's filter for the turbo, are going to mount on the ABS bracket once the ABS is removed. The charcoal canister will go between the ABS bracket and the firewall (that will help clean up some vac/vent lines too). The vacuum ball will go where the charcoal canister was. This all makes room for a fresh air setup on the right side with a proper insulating box around the new filter.
I'm going to be putting a B&M 70297 (has the integrated fan) under the bed for the tranny (get rid of all those damn lines going to the radiator)...wonder how a second one would work right beside it for engine oil cooling... I can almost imagine mini 'blades of death' hanging down to scoop up air for them! :lol:

 

[cloneman315]

Re: Oil Cooler ??

i do my oil about evey 600 to 1000 miles on my built motor,but see my pics in the pic section i have erue s set up and it is super nice,works very well.I never drain my cooler etc just the pan and filter.

 

[Don W.]

Re: Oil Cooler ??

BTW, speakin' of the vac ball I put my meth pump under the bat so I made a vac "tank" out of a short piece of 2" PCV and a couple of end caps with a hose fitting coming out the side and just stuffed it down at the bottom where the wheel well attaches under the bat and wedged it in place with a piece of foam. Doesn't move, works great and it's outta the way.

 

[WyoSyclone]

Re: Oil Cooler ??

BTW, speakin' of the vac ball I put my meth pump under the bat so I made a vac "tank" out of a short piece of 2" PCV and a couple of end caps with a hose fitting coming out the side and just stuffed it down at the bottom where the wheel well attaches under the bat and wedged it in place with a piece of foam. Doesn't move, works great and it's outta the way.

That's a great idea Don... I never thought of making a new one.... get some of the black PVC-type pipe and one would never see it tucked back into the inner fender.