Inexpensive Oil Coolers - worth it? - Page 2 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

humfrz · 04-04-2019, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by soundman98

mmmm, milkshakes for everyone!!

That will be oil trying to drain out of @Tcoat 's car's transmission, if he ever decides to change it -

humfrz

humfrz · 04-04-2019, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Why does it hurt when I pee?

Most likely caused by an out of balance mix of antibiotics -

humfrz

Sapphireho · 04-05-2019, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Those rarely end well.

Most certainly.

soundman98 · 04-05-2019, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by humfrz

That will be oil trying to drain out of @Tcoat 's car's transmission, if he ever decides to change it -

humfrz

My first thought was me after some street taco's, but i was trying to avoid the imagery. Oh well.

Sapphireho · 04-05-2019, 12:42 AM

I had a catastrophic oil cooler failure in my old 911 while racing. Rear oil cooler on the front of the engine split open. Luckily it all blew on the motor making an instant major cloud, giant red light went off on the dash, and I got it shut down with no damage. Tower it home and dropped the powertrain again. Just sharing.

EAGLE5 · 04-05-2019, 01:10 AM

About 20k miles on a Mocal 19-row cooler kit from MAP Performance. I've never gotten hot oil since, and the car ran great in track days. No leaks from the system either, at least not once I got a proper-sized wrench.

https://www.maperformance.com/produc...-jdl-oilcooler

toyfighter · 04-05-2019, 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Cold oil pressure easily surpasses 125 PSI. Heat and pressure cycles will find the weak spot. An oil cooler is a terrible place to cheap out.

I'm using this for about a year and nothing happened, not recommending, just telling

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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Why does it hurt when I pee?

Ultramaroon · 04-05-2019, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by toyfighter

I'm using this for about a year and nothing happened, not recommending, just telling

I'm sure it's fine. Expensive ones fail too. Just less often, we hope.

toyfighter · 04-08-2019, 03:10 AM

cheap or expansive, both will not survive after hitting the wall)

Tokay444 · 04-08-2019, 09:34 AM

Cheap. Reliability. Performance.
Pick two.

Grady · 04-08-2019, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by toyfighter

cheap or expansive, both will not survive after hitting the wall)

If the cooler was larger than the wall it could survive!

glorydays · 04-12-2019, 03:44 PM

I ran a rev 9 ebay cooler with mocal sandwich plate for 9 months (20k miles) with my sbd turbo kit. it never leaked. the temps stayed under 220 on highway pulls. i never tracked it so i cant say how it wouldve held up to constant high temps. if all your doing is daily driving, with occasional spirited runs you dont always need $700 racecar parts despite popular belief. the kit in total cost me $220.

new2subaru · 04-12-2019, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by glorydays

I ran a rev 9 ebay cooler with mocal sandwich plate for 9 months (20k miles) with my sbd turbo kit. it never leaked. the temps stayed under 220 on highway pulls. i never tracked it so i cant say how it wouldve held up to constant high temps. if all your doing is daily driving, with occasional spirited runs you dont always need $700 racecar parts despite popular belief. the kit in total cost me $220.

9 months is not a test or a long time.

The first thing I did was put some shitty pulleys on my car. They chewed up a belt and the bearings failed in every single one. This was in 3,000km. Never again.

Research, buy the best you can or don't do it at all is my opinion now.

jflogerzi · 05-04-2019, 08:20 PM

Don't cheap out when it comes to an oil cooler. Stick with proven companies.

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Sapphireho Famous Potatoes Join Date: Mar 2016 Drives: '15 ultramarine Location: Idaho Posts: 14,051 Thanks: 5,816 Thanked 19,658 Times in 9,249 Posts Mentioned: 163 Post(s)	I had a catastrophic oil cooler failure in my old 911 while racing. Rear oil cooler on the front of the engine split open. Luckily it all blew on the motor making an instant major cloud, giant red light went off on the dash, and I got it shut down with no damage. Tower it home and dropped the powertrain again. Just sharing.

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toyfighter Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2019 Drives: almost stock brz 2012 made Location: Australia Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s)	cheap or expansive, both will not survive after hitting the wall)

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glorydays Remember me? Join Date: Dec 2011 Drives: BRZ Series.Blue Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 483 Thanks: 259 Thanked 105 Times in 68 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s)	I ran a rev 9 ebay cooler with mocal sandwich plate for 9 months (20k miles) with my sbd turbo kit. it never leaked. the temps stayed under 220 on highway pulls. i never tracked it so i cant say how it wouldve held up to constant high temps. if all your doing is daily driving, with occasional spirited runs you dont always need $700 racecar parts despite popular belief. the kit in total cost me $220.

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