Originally posted by Dan Nixon:
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The stock cooler is great to help the oil warm up in cold seasons / areas but do cause quite a pressure drope due to its plate design...
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Terry you have mentioned this before re:oil starvation.. So, do you suggest we dump the stock SVT/EuroMondeo oil cooler because it drops oil pressure. I would think that low oil pressure is a bigger deal than slow oil warm up?? Have you measured the drop? Does the oil to air cooler drop oil pressure too? Thanks ..
I think that the pressure drop from the oil filter has nothing to do with the oil starvation. There are a number of design flaws. Who knows what the real reason could be. Poor pan design, not enough drainage in the heads, the pickup could be to high up off the bottom of the pan. I do know that the ford oil pump (I belive it's called a G-rotor) doesn't scavenge very well so if it does go dry, it takes it longer then a beveled gear style pump to get oil again. I think it's a combo of a few different things. Anyway, whenever you add a cooler/radiator like that there will be a pressure drop. The more efficent cooler, the lower the pressure drop. one more reason NOT to run 2 oil coolers inline in the oil system. Why increase the pressure drop?
Roger
