Modine oil cooler
15 July 2015, 09:51 PM
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Modine oil cooler
Hello everyone I'm after a bit of advise in that can I do away with the modine oil cooler and replace it with a sandwich plate and oil cooler I have been told these can fail and leak water into the oil system I just think it would be better to not have it if possible any thoughts would be much appreciated cheers nige84 oh and I worked out the air con delete bracket was easy really just had a stupid moment lol 
15 July 2015, 10:06 PM
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You can but not sure you should... I have never heard of a modine failing. If you just fit a big cooler you may find your oil is too cool (just as bad as too hot). The modine also helps warm the oil up when you start up. This is a good thing.
You can fit one that has a switch that opens depending on temp but that's another thing to go wrong in my book. Of course if you are doing a big power build and have got oil temp issues a good quality remote cooler is a no brainer but just for ****s and giggles on a road car you introduce more failure points so are not really helping.
How are you oil temps?
The only downside of the modine is you have to fit a new one when you rebuild a failed engine and they are about £180. But you would need to replace a remote cooler in that case too.
You can fit one that has a switch that opens depending on temp but that's another thing to go wrong in my book. Of course if you are doing a big power build and have got oil temp issues a good quality remote cooler is a no brainer but just for ****s and giggles on a road car you introduce more failure points so are not really helping.
How are you oil temps?
The only downside of the modine is you have to fit a new one when you rebuild a failed engine and they are about £180. But you would need to replace a remote cooler in that case too.
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15 July 2015, 10:46 PM
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Oil temp not sure yet I have just finished a forged rebuild just getting some ideas before I put it back in the modine was ok when I took it out engine hadn't failed either so u reckon just leave it and put oil cooler on Aswell thanks for your reply much appreciated cheers
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All depends on what your using the car for if your going to do some trackdays with it then yeah swap for a proper oil cooler. The oil modine are crap tbh and it is known that even some turbo scoobs fitted with autos didnt even have a modine.
If you do fit a proper cooler you need a thermostatic sandwich plate and fit the cooler in a decent place with plenty of air flow. The coolant lines that go to the old modine you can just block off
If you do fit a proper cooler you need a thermostatic sandwich plate and fit the cooler in a decent place with plenty of air flow. The coolant lines that go to the old modine you can just block off
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