emmett wrote,
>I read in one of the post the other day that Alpines tend to over heat
when
>standing still for long periods of time..This happened to me the other
day
>when I brought my car home from the mechanics...I was showing it off,
and had
>it ideling...It then proceeded to overheat with great vigor. Was it
that the
>car was not moving? Would it be worth it to invest in an oil cooler?
Or do I
>do the shark thing and just keep moving. Thanks
If you want to buy an oil cooler, keep in mind that it alone will not
solve the overheating problem.
It will however protect the oil from damage while the engine is
very hot.
Also, if you do opt to use an oil cooler, dont use the SV
oil cooler setup, "Any of it".
The SV oil cooler is very ineficient for its size, and cant radiate
too much of the heat stored in the oil, cause it doesnt have enough
internal surface area.
I would go buy a good cooler/filter relocator/cooler hose adapter
from pegasus.
This solves all the above problems, and also cures the only real
design flaw with the 4 cyl Rootes motor, which is the fact that
the filter is upside down, and drains oil back to the sump
through the pump.
Jarrid Gross
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