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anyone hear of oil filter coolers helping?
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05-23-2004, 07:34 PM
![[Image: 1.jpg]](http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/cool_collar/1.jpg) http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles...collar.htm Seems like a good idea to me. Cheap too. Maybe just a cheap idea? I've seen a few places selling these, and if they result in a 10-20 deg reduction in oil temps like this article claims, well that's worth $20. Certianly I'm not expecting the thing to do the job of a real oil cooler that's much larger.... but what have you guys heard? Anyone else tested one of these with an oil temp gauge? 
05-23-2004, 08:24 PM
Given the limited amount of volume through and airflow around the oil cooler... I'd say its BS.
But i'd test one (gauges in my car soon... I think).
05-23-2004, 08:58 PM
yeah, I didn't give much credit to their first test setup, where they had a 50MPH wind blowing across the thing. I can't imagine that ever happens in my engine bay. But the real world tests they said they did showed good results as well. Test it out for me RJ. :wink:
05-23-2004, 09:16 PM
Buy it for me and I'll test it
 I'm assuming their test setup is sitting on a dyno too (no airflow)?
05-23-2004, 10:22 PM
i've seen those things before with a magnetic strip around the clamp which claims to hold onto the little metal bits of engine circulating in the oil. i always figured the filter would catch that crap in the first place, but i'm not sure. give it a try RJ/chan
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05-24-2004, 05:27 PM
BLINGMW Wrote:Seems like a good idea to me. Cheap too. ...well that's worth $20. $20?!?!?! Aren't replacement E30 engines only a couple of bucks anyways? C'mon Chan, I expected more from you :twisted:
My two feet.
05-25-2004, 02:07 AM
mongooze Wrote:BLINGMW Wrote:Seems like a good idea to me. Cheap too. ...well that's worth $20. lol Give it a shot, but try to find a way to record realistic info for us in. Possibly a group order in future if it is truly a real mod. Like you said, $20 isn't a major loss if it is BS, but it'd be awesome if it actually did some good.
05-26-2004, 12:03 PM
It would make it easier to remove the filter even if it did not cool it that much
-Justin
05-26-2004, 12:24 PM
mrbaggio Wrote:It would make it easier to remove the filter even if it did not cool it that much haha, I was thinking the same thing! Even THAT'S worth $20 sometimes! 
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