oil coolers (track car)

[Tris 0]

Are they worth getting a 12 row cooler kit or are the VRs ok on oil temps on track?

[cabrioman 6]

always worth gettin a oil cooler for hard track use ....

[lowvr 0]

ive heard oif people using r32 oil coolers on a 12v vr6 ...i dont know how much truth is behind this but its always worth futher investigation

[xyber 1]

I used a 16 row thermostat controlled one when I went SC and it was spot on, you could sit in traffic for an hour on a boiling day and it would just reach 98, ring it's neck an it would occasionally reach 102

[ingham 5]

ive heard oif people using r32 oil coolers on a 12v vr6 ...i dont know how much truth is behind this but its always worth futher investigation

http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=78993&highlight=oil+coolers+options

[Ben Seabrook 4]

I used a 16 row thermostat controlled one when I went SC and it was spot on' date=' you could sit in traffic for an hour on a boiling day and it would just reach 98, ring it's neck an it would occasionally reach 102

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Marc which one did you use mate ?

[xyber 1]

Setrab 16 row slim line cooler with mocal thermostatic sandwich plate. The Phirm got all the components together for me. Biggest bonus is scrapping the water/oil heat exchanger so the coolant isn't heating the oil and vice versa. Had it positioned behind the small bumper vent, passenger side and covered the front face with ally sheet so it worked like a heat sink, then if I needed the extra cooling for play time, undid 2 bolts and slid the sheild off.

[VR6_Absy 0]

I used a 16 row thermostat controlled one when I went SC and it was spot on' date=' you could sit in traffic for an hour on a boiling day and it would just reach 98, ring it's neck an it would occasionally reach 102

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Marc which one did you use mate ?

I'm really worried about mine at the moment, since fitting port and polished head it's running at 114 degrees on a run and pretty much 100 general use. Is it worth fitting a better cooler

[Ben Seabrook 4]

Setrab 16 row slim line cooler with mocal thermostatic sandwich plate. The Phirm got all the components together for me. Biggest bonus is scrapping the water/oil heat exchanger so the coolant isn't heating the oil and vice versa. Had it positioned behind the small bumper vent' date=' passenger side and covered the front face with ally sheet so it worked like a heat sink, then if I needed the extra cooling for play time, undid 2 bolts and slid the sheild off.

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lovely thanks very much for the info matey vince recommended I fit one gary and if your temps are high I can only see it as a good addition mate either that or buy tony's water injection kit !!

[Tris 0]

"ingham" those pics of the plates does that go in place of the oil filter

[xyber 1]

I used a 16 row thermostat controlled one when I went SC and it was spot on' date=' you could sit in traffic for an hour on a boiling day and it would just reach 98, ring it's neck an it would occasionally reach 102

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Marc which one did you use mate ?

I'm really worried about mine at the moment, since fitting port and polished head it's running at 114 degrees on a run and pretty much 100 general use. Is it worth fitting a better cooler

when was your last oil change? I found fresh oil made a fairly big difference in temps, but an oil cooler is worth doing on any VR if only just to bin the heat exchanger as they are a weak link

[AJmk2 2]

Also if you get the thermostat which opens earlier should also bring down your oil temps.

[VR6_Absy 0]

I used a 16 row thermostat controlled one when I went SC and it was spot on' date=' you could sit in traffic for an hour on a boiling day and it would just reach 98, ring it's neck an it would occasionally reach 102

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Marc which one did you use mate ?

I'm really worried about mine at the moment, since fitting port and polished head it's running at 114 degrees on a run and pretty much 100 general use. Is it worth fitting a better cooler

when was your last oil change? I found fresh oil made a fairly big difference in temps, but an oil cooler is worth doing on any VR if only just to bin the heat exchanger as they are a weak link

Last oil change was a week ago, semi synthetic

[xyber 1]

May be worth checking the fueling with VAGCOM then mate and see if the coolant cap is holding pressure, mine had a tiny crack once that was just enough balls up the flow of coolant

[craggsy 91]

My standard cooler will be getting binned when i put oil cooler on

[Ben Seabrook 4]

defo going to get one of these but I dont have enough time or money to sort one before the Ring trip unfortunatley but for sure after that

[Tris 0]

any one want to do a fitting guide to removing and fitting a cooler?

[Ben Seabrook 4]

well will do one with Jim and Tony's help but wont be for a few weeks !!

[rigs 0]

I've been running a cooler on mine for a while without the standard water cooler and I'm putting the water based one back on.

Your coolant aims for 90 degrees which is also where you want your oil. As far as I can see there are no drawbacks from having both. The BIG drawback I see from not having the water cooler is the warm up time. It takes a good 10-15 minutes of 50+ mph driving to get mine up to 70-80 degrees oil temperature from cold... and that's with a turbo heating it up! A mates vr only takes 3-4 minutes of the same drive with the same oil to reach decent oil temp.

C2 sell an adaptor to fit both the water cooler and sandwich plate.