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Date:         Wed, 6 Oct 2010 19:34:43 -0700
Reply-To:     neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Oil filter flange Coolant/Oil heat exchanger...works.
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <AANLkTi==vYLEtRLy112op=kQwf71qQvbLR2ifgZKYJqH@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:


>  So I plumbed in the coolant lines to the top of the oil filter, the
> oil/coolant heat exchanger deal.  It brought my oil temp down by about
> 35degrees on the same highway drive, same temps outside, same speed...and my
> oil pressure stayed up better, since the oil was significantly cooler.  Now
> my  oil temp hovers at around 200-205f and my OP is around 30psi at 3000 rpm
> (60mph in my rig).






Thanks for posting that Don.


On my last trip I pushed Jaco harder than usual while going over to
Riggins via the Kleinschidt. Glad my cooler was in place!


(I really should install oil gauges too)


Neil.


-- 
Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"


http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/


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