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Astroboy · 10-25-2015, 12:04 PM

With winter coming real soon, should I remove my thermostat oil cooler, or would I be ok with it on during the winter

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AZP Installs · 10-25-2015, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Astroboy

With winter coming real soon, should I remove my thermostat oil cooler, or would I be ok with it on during the winter

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If you can disconnect it easily and/or want to go through the hassle, then yes it's a good idea for winter. If not I would suggest a block-off plate for the cooler.

Which cooler do you have?

-Mike Paisan

Astroboy · 10-26-2015, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by AZP Installs

If you can disconnect it easily and/or want to go through the hassle, then yes it's a good idea for winter. If not I would suggest a block-off plate for the cooler.

Which cooler do you have?

-Mike Paisan

The avo oil cooler with thermostatic plate. I'm also going to run some 0w20 in it for the winter instead of the 5w30 I've been running

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DocWalt · 10-28-2015, 07:09 PM

Based on a log I did with my thermostatic plate... I agree with Mike. Highly recommend running a block-off plate to kill airflow through the cooler. I'm going to try to figure something out, maybe just wrap it in a canvas wrap of some sort like you'd see on a school bus' grille, haha

http://datazap.me/u/docwalt/10-19-15...data=1-6-11-12 (note the ambient temp data I listed at the bottom)

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10-28-2015, 07:09 PM	#32
DocWalt Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Drives: '22 BRZ Location: PA Posts: 1,958 Thanks: 2,437 Thanked 1,687 Times in 852 Posts Mentioned: 25 Post(s)	Based on a log I did with my thermostatic plate... I agree with Mike. Highly recommend running a block-off plate to kill airflow through the cooler. I'm going to try to figure something out, maybe just wrap it in a canvas wrap of some sort like you'd see on a school bus' grille, haha http://datazap.me/u/docwalt/10-19-15...data=1-6-11-12 (note the ambient temp data I listed at the bottom)

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