Questioning my oil Cooler Install
07-17-2008, 08:16 PM
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Questioning my oil Cooler Install
I recently installed a Mishimoto oil cooler kit...and I may have some issues. When I first started the car after the install I immediatly noticed a "whining" noise that is dependent on RPM. I was puzzeled as to why it makes this new noise. I have also removed the factory oil warmer/cooler...which I doubt has anything to do with it. Just out of curiosity, I opened the filler cap while the car was running and looked down into the valve cover. I'm no expert nor do I know what it should look like,...but it doesnt look like theres much oil going to the head(s)...Oil pressure is fine on the stock guage...and the dipstick reads half way between low and max....Any input is much appreciated...
07-18-2008, 08:59 AM
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Double check your installation and flow direction. Oil goes into the outside of the filter and comes out the center. Is the thermostat in the right place? Maybe you hooked it up so the thermostat is blocking all flow when cold. (You do have a thermostat, right? Oil that's too cold is bad, too.)
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07-18-2008, 09:30 AM
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Now would be a good time to put that thermostat in. And, you might as well put a remote filter in there as well while you're at it and get rid of the tiny filter meant for a lawnmower.
It sounds like you have to pull it apart anyway to see why there's no oil flowing.
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It sounds like you have to pull it apart anyway to see why there's no oil flowing.
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07-18-2008, 09:43 AM
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Actually Im gonna start from the begining by removing the whole sandwhich plate and screwing the filter onto the block and refil it with oil, run it and check it....then I'll check the cooler lines...I'll be back in an hour or two...Thanks for the help asterix
07-18-2008, 11:15 AM
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I removed the sandwhich plate and put the filter back on without the factory warmer/cooler. The noise is gone and everything looks better again...Now its obviously the cooler/sand which plater causing the noise...but what part of it I'm not sure...could it be all the elbows creating a restriction? I blew through the lines and nothing seems to be blocking them...I may order a mocal thermostat plate and use that instead...and see if the noise comes back...
07-18-2008, 12:03 PM
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hmmmmm you have to think that gravity is helping oil pump out....well on your pic which is the return line top or bottom, if its the top i wouldnt worry so much about pre fail......just my opinion
hey are those stillen sway bars?
hey are those stillen sway bars?
07-18-2008, 12:06 PM
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I had a "harmonic hum" coming from my setrab cooler after I installed it. But it only happend @ 2k rpm when oil temps were at least 180f. It didn't do it any other time.
So I did like you and checked for any blockage and found none. So I kept driving it. Over time, the hum got less and less, now I don't hear it at all. I think there must've been a small air pocket in there that had to work it's way out... Just my 2 cents.
So I did like you and checked for any blockage and found none. So I kept driving it. Over time, the hum got less and less, now I don't hear it at all. I think there must've been a small air pocket in there that had to work it's way out... Just my 2 cents.
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07-18-2008, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by jgregory124
hmmmmm you have to think that gravity is helping oil pump out....well on your pic which is the return line top or bottom, if its the top i wouldnt worry so much about pre fail......just my opinion
hey are those stillen sway bars?
hey are those stillen sway bars?
I'm in NYC btw...
07-18-2008, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by gothchick
I had a "harmonic hum" coming from my setrab cooler after I installed it. But it only happend @ 2k rpm when oil temps were at least 180f. It didn't do it any other time.
So I did like you and checked for any blockage and found none. So I kept driving it. Over time, the hum got less and less, now I don't hear it at all. I think there must've been a small air pocket in there that had to work it's way out... Just my 2 cents.
So I did like you and checked for any blockage and found none. So I kept driving it. Over time, the hum got less and less, now I don't hear it at all. I think there must've been a small air pocket in there that had to work it's way out... Just my 2 cents.
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07-18-2008, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by QuicksilverZ33
Does anyone else hear a noise after installing an oil cooler? I am worried about it stressing the oil pump and having it prematurely fail...