Date:         Sun, 22 May 2011 21:46:31 -0400
Reply-To:     Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Can this do that?
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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Test your low oil pressure switch sender. 

And, you are running an oil pressure and temp gauges, correct?

Tencent has a nice setup, but the pics I saw showed air intake above the oil cooler. This means at low speeds, like around town when your oil fan is not running, your engine is sucking hot air rising from the cooler. I left my air intake alone (running a 2.1l DJ code from a syncro with the syncro air filter and hose), and placed the Mocal cooler on the driver's side after relocating the ECU. I'm using stainless braided hoses to minimize pressure loss. 


Chris.

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Dnia May 22, 2011 o godz. 19:09 Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a):

> I just installed tencentlife's external oil cooler kit. The instructions
> were to then start the engine, wait for the oil pressure lamp to go out,
> then shut it off and top off the oil.
> 
> The oil pressure lamp never came on, so I let the engine run and idle a
> few moments, then shut it off.
> 
> Is there a way to test the oil pressure lamp?
> 
> I check the oil level and before we started the work, the oil was just
> above the lower notch on the dipstick. Now it was off the bottom end. So
> I put in a quart and re-started the engine.
> 
> It sounded like crap. Couldn't hold a idle, rattled like drained down
> hydraulic lifters. Shut it off, check oil level. Still below the
> dipstick, added more, restarted. Could barely idle. There were gulping
> sounds coming out of the oil filler neck.
> 
> Shut off, add more oil now it's above the lower notch and idling and
> sounding fine.
> 
> Could low oil level cause the thing to struggle so?
> 
> PS -- so far no drops, and once the engine gets warm, the external
> cooler heats right up, indicating functioning thermostat action.
> 
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel
> '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
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