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swordfish210

Oil Cooler

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swordfish210

i'v got an oil cooler sat in my garage that was originaly from a 1.9 GTI but has spent the last year on a TU3.2 engine (uk spec rallye) and i was just wondering, has anyone else fitted this cooler to their TU engine and is it worthwhile, bearing in mind the car is mainly used on the road but i do every possible track event that i can. Thanks

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Sandy

Probably not. I've run TU engines in various states of tune and various states of anger, never seen the oil get too hot ( I use a pretty accurate SPA gauge). over cooling the oil can be a problem however with an oil cooler fitted, more liekly to cause damage. A water-oil heat exchanger is the best compromise IMO, it warms the oil up faster and stabilises its temperature.

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swordfish210

mmmmm sounds expensive, i guess i'll just flog the cooler than and make back the money of the rust treater i just used on it :D

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welshpug

far from expensive, every TD engine used one, as do most 2.0 XU's and some later 205/309 gti's.

 

Though it may be a faff trying to sort out some hoses to suit.

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Jrod

What type is it?

 

Might be intrested in having it.

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swordfish210

just a standard one from a 1.9 GTI, i'll send you some pics as soon as it's out of the rust treater

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pug_ham

What about getting one from a TU engine like the one fitted in the 106 GTi / S2 Rallye?

 

GRaham.

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christopher

These come as standard on the TU24 too

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