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I’m curious how much thermal
‘coupling’ there is between the oil and water cooling in the engine; and whether
it is more one way than the other. IOW; if I could lower the coolant temp
by 20 degrees, how much effect would that have on the oil temp, if any; and vice
versa.
Hi
Al,
I really can't
answer this, but my guess would be that any coupling would work equally
both ways.
I’m thinking about this regarding
cooling on the ground, and if I’m going to work on reducing one or the other,
which might have the greater benefit. As it is now, the oil gets to 220F
about the time the coolant gets to 210F.
If your oil
temp is higher than your coolant temp now, I'd work on the oil temp
first.
Cheers,
Rusty (dark side
project smoking right
along)
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