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uprated radiator? - Just Sean - 15-01-2013
Mines being held together with rad weld ATM.
are their anything that's better than standard one. Thinking a second hand nissens or similar?
RE: uprated radiator? - Mattcheese31 - 15-01-2013
yeah get a Nissans one . . . . .cool nice and fast . .
RE: uprated radiator? - Just Sean - 15-01-2013
(15-01-2013, 07:46 PM)Mattcheese31 Wrote: yeah get a Nissans one . . . . .cool nice and fast . .
Check out this item I found on eBay: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=350646204781
Ideal!
RE: uprated radiator? - londondan86 - 15-01-2013
Or one of these 2
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NISSENS-Radiator-PEUGEOT-306-2-0-HDi-DW10-99-/310334732320?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4841643820
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NISSENS-Radiator-PEUGEOT-306-2-0-HDi-DW10-99-/310334731749?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item48416435e5
One is a bit thicker I think, been looking the last few days
RE: uprated radiator? - Just Sean - 15-01-2013
Oh that's much cheaper! I'll have the thicker one! Will save it. Cheers dude
RE: uprated radiator? - londondan86 - 15-01-2013
No worries bud! On the descriptions one says mechanical aluminum and one says plastic/aluminium? Odd.
Just make sure the bottom hose is of the correct type before you buy.
RE: uprated radiator? - Ruan - 15-01-2013
It's never normally coolant temperatures that are being pushed up seriously by the block, it's always the oil temperature pushing the coolant temperature sky high, from small turbos stopping the gas getting out fast enough!!!
Especially with DI engines...
RE: uprated radiator? - Just Sean - 15-01-2013
As i said, my rad is pretty bust anyway. Car runs nice and cool 75ish but i want a new one for peice of mind, will be getting a oil temp gauge, and from their on a oil cooler if necasary
RE: uprated radiator? - Poodle - 16-01-2013
You can never have enough gauges, but if i were you i'd wait until you know you need the oil cooler. I seem to remember Bryn having one and having trouble getting his car up to temp at all.
RE: uprated radiator? - Just Sean - 16-01-2013
(15-01-2013, 11:39 PM)Just Sean Wrote: As i said, my rad is pretty bust anyway. Car runs nice and cool 75ish but i want a new one for peice of mind, will be getting a oil temp gauge, and from their on a oil cooler if necasary
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RE: uprated radiator? - londondan86 - 16-01-2013
(16-01-2013, 05:04 AM)Poodle Wrote: You can never have enough gauges, but if i were you i'd wait until you know you need the oil cooler. I seem to remember Bryn having one and having trouble getting his car up to temp at all.
The solution is to get a thermostatic sandwich plate that only allows oil into the cooler once its up to temp
RE: uprated radiator? - Poodle - 16-01-2013
Haha, must have read straight past those two words, sorry dude.
He had one afaik, it was just too good at getting heat out of an engine that doesn't produce much due to the high efficiency. May be necessary if you plan on spending a lot of time on track...
RE: uprated radiator? - Mr Whippy - 18-01-2013
Oil can get really hot and still work ok.
If you are going on track I'd recommend one, or going to the Autobahn to drive flat out for many miles.
But apart from that it's probably not necessary.
I'd try log the temp and see if it gets bad, how bad, and how un-bad you want it, and then spec a cooler specifically to the need you have! As others have said, over-cooling the oil is probably worse than having it get a bit not now and again.
Dave
RE: uprated radiator? - Ruan - 20-01-2013
The problem mostly lies when the oil temperature is significantly higher than the coolant temperature and you then end up heating the coolant with the oil....
Once you get past the point where you're heating the oil too much, the problem becomes apparent very quickly..
RE: uprated radiator? - Jonny81191 - 20-01-2013
Synthetic oils can get very hot and still be OK, as has been said it's over cooling that you want to worry about. The best idea mentioned so far would be a thermostatic sandwich plate and a smaller oil cooler. Best of both worlds IMO. But first off, check that you need it before you blow a load of money on shiny stuff that isn't needed!