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Re: [Healeys] Oil Cooler?

To: simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Oil Cooler?
From: Michael Oritt <michael.oritt@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 21:29:52 -0800
Cc: Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
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Simon--

I believe the ideal temperature range for oil is between 230 and 250
degrees so perhaps you should take your oil's temperature after a good run
to see if an oil cooler is indicated.  There is such a thing as oil being
too cool as one of the things we want to happen is for oil to get warm
enough--above 212--to cook off any water that may have formed from
condensation.

Without a hole in the shroud I doubt that the oil cooler would do very much
cooling though someone recently posted a picture of a sheet metal "shovel"
that mounts just beneath the shroud to hopefully duct air up to an oil
cooler.

Best--Michael Oritt

On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 5:26 PM <simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com> wrote:

> My nephew=E2=80=99s BJ8 came with a boot full of mixed blessings from its=
 PO.
> Amongst all the manuals and stuff were two boxes containing an oil cooler
> and mounting kit. NOS.(Actually, these items dated back quite a while=E2=
=80=A62 or
> 3 POs back).
>
> So, he gave them to me as he wasn=E2=80=99t remotely interested in fittin=
g them. I
> took them back to the UK and determined that I might fit the cooler =E2=
=80=9Cone
> day=E2=80=9D. Well, as the car is up on a stand with the radiator out, it=
 seems
> that the day may have arrived. Minimal amount of work compared to having =
to
> do it from scratch? Now:-
>
>    1. For someone who lives in a temperate climate and who seldom goes
>    all that fast in his Healey, how much benefit is there in a cooler?
>    2. The Denis Welch brackets look pretty good. Fit onto the lower
>    radiator mounts. Designed for their cooler but I think mine can be
>    shoehorned in.
>
> Has anyone tried these brackets?
>
> How easy/hard to fit?
>
>    1. I will not be cutting any holes. The cooler would sit in front of
>    the radiator in line with the lower mounts.
>
> Is it a waste of time to put the cooler in there without a dedicated hole=
?
>
> Will I gain as much heat by blocking some airflow to the radiator as I
> lose with the cooler?
>
>    1. Seems like an oil cooler may just be a waste of effort???
>
>
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Simon
>
>
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff">Simon=
--</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff"><br></div><div=
 class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff">I believe the ideal temper=
ature range for oil is between 230 and 250 degrees so perhaps you should ta=
ke your oil&#39;s temperature after a good run to see if an oil cooler is i=
ndicated.=C2=A0 There is such a thing as oil being too cool as one of the t=
hings we want to happen is for oil to get warm enough--above 212--to cook o=
ff any water that may have formed from condensation.=C2=A0</div><div class=
=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_de=
fault" style=3D"color:#3333ff">Without a hole in the shroud I doubt that th=
e oil cooler would do very much cooling though someone recently posted a pi=
cture of a sheet metal &quot;shovel&quot; that mounts just beneath the shro=
ud to hopefully duct air up to an oil cooler.</div><div class=3D"gmail_defa=
ult" style=3D"color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=
=3D"color:#3333ff">Best--Michael Oritt</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_q=
uote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail-m_2373304431396349851gmail_attr">On T=
ue, Jan 15, 2019 at 5:26 PM &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.=
plus.com" target=3D"_blank">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>&gt; wrote=
:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.=
8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang=3D"E=
N-GB"><div class=3D"gmail-m_2373304431396349851gmail-m_-2293356111218239334=
WordSection1"><p class=3D"MsoNormal">My nephew=E2=80=99s BJ8 came with a bo=
ot full of mixed blessings from its PO. Amongst all the manuals and stuff w=
ere two boxes containing an oil cooler and mounting kit. NOS.(Actually, the=
se items dated back quite a while=E2=80=A62 or 3 POs back).<u></u><u></u></=
p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">So, he gave them to me as he wasn=E2=80=99t remote=
ly interested in fitting them. I took them back to the UK and determined th=
at I might fit the cooler =E2=80=9Cone day=E2=80=9D. Well, as the car is up=
 on a stand with the radiator out, it seems that the day may have arrived. =
Minimal amount of work compared to having to do it from scratch? Now:-<u></=
u><u></u></p><ol style=3D"margin-top:0cm" start=3D"1" type=3D"1"><li class=
=3D"gmail-m_2373304431396349851gmail-m_-2293356111218239334MsoListParagraph=
" style=3D"margin-left:0cm">For someone who lives in a temperate climate an=
d who seldom goes all that fast in his Healey, how much benefit is there in=
 a cooler?<u></u><u></u></li><li class=3D"gmail-m_2373304431396349851gmail-=
m_-2293356111218239334MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left:0cm">The Denis=
 Welch brackets look pretty good. Fit onto the lower radiator mounts. Desig=
ned for their cooler but I think mine can be shoehorned in.<u></u><u></u></=
li></ol><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Has anyone tried these brackets?<u></u><u></=
u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">How easy/hard to fit?<u></u><u></u></p><ol sty=
le=3D"margin-top:0cm" start=3D"3" type=3D"1"><li class=3D"gmail-m_237330443=
1396349851gmail-m_-2293356111218239334MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-lef=
t:0cm">I will not be cutting any holes. The cooler would sit in front of th=
e radiator in line with the lower mounts. <u></u><u></u></li></ol><p class=
=3D"MsoNormal">Is it a waste of time to put the cooler in there without a d=
edicated hole?<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Will I gain as much =
heat by blocking some airflow to the radiator as I lose with the cooler?<u>=
</u><u></u></p><ol style=3D"margin-top:0cm" start=3D"4" type=3D"1"><li clas=
s=3D"gmail-m_2373304431396349851gmail-m_-2293356111218239334MsoListParagrap=
h" style=3D"margin-left:0cm">Seems like an oil cooler may just be a waste o=
f effort???<u></u><u></u></li></ol><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u><=
/u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Any thoughts?<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"Ms=
oNormal">Simon<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u>=
</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p></div></div>____________=
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