Question about Oil Filters
05-30-2012, 12:07 PM
#11
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This is me avoiding the oil question. I've equipped my car with the Boss oil cooler and an oil temp gauge. Based on the operating temperatures and the oil analysis results I'm getting with a combination of normal operation and track days, I could probably run Mazola and it would be fine. I'd have to blend in a little dish detergent to keep things clean, though.
05-30-2012, 11:10 PM
#14
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It's not worth the trouble for your application. The regular cooling system is pretty good - I did a bunch of track days before the oil cooler went in and it didn't get super hot even without it. It also cooled down really quickly as soon as I came off the track into the paddock. Unless you're spending a lot of time at full throttle over about 5,000RPM the Boss cooler doesn't make a big difference.
05-31-2012, 05:34 AM
#15
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2 questions, first what were your temps before the oil cooler, and what oil temp gauge are you using and how was the install? See my friend just got a 13 and the digital gauge pack on that lists allll the things i want and a bunch i dont, and i was wondering if an obd2 gauge would pick up those sensors on my 2011?
05-31-2012, 11:48 AM
#16
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The 2011/2012 engines do not have an oil temp sensor on the engine, and from what I've read, the 2013 doesn't either. Supposedly, the 2013 electronic dashboard oil temp readout is "synthesized" from cylinder head and coolant temperature data.
I measure oil temp with a flat Omega (brand name) K-type thermocouple glued to the outside of the oil pan and covered with tape and a layer of thermal insulation. No drilling was needed and I get a clean read on the oil temp in the pan.
Finding a suitable dashboard gauge took a lot of searching. It's an "Ultralite" from a company called Sensor Connection. It's a blue digital gauge that will read just about any signal source and display it. It reads out directly from the thermocouple. While I was still hunting for a gauge that does what the Ultralite gauge does, I just used a handheld Craftsman infrared thermometer with a thermocouple socket on it.
So, to actually answer your questions, before the cooler was installed I also didn't have a dashboard gauge. To check the oil temp, I had to slow down and pull into the hot pits, dig the thermo gun out of the glove compartment, pull the trigger and read the oil temp. After that bit of cooling down, the hottest I ever read was 250F. After the Boss cooler was installed and I was able to put the digital gauge in the dashboard, the hottest it's ever read while running at speed is still around 250F. In daily driving the oil temp ranges between 180 and 210, depending on what you're doing.
I measure oil temp with a flat Omega (brand name) K-type thermocouple glued to the outside of the oil pan and covered with tape and a layer of thermal insulation. No drilling was needed and I get a clean read on the oil temp in the pan.
Finding a suitable dashboard gauge took a lot of searching. It's an "Ultralite" from a company called Sensor Connection. It's a blue digital gauge that will read just about any signal source and display it. It reads out directly from the thermocouple. While I was still hunting for a gauge that does what the Ultralite gauge does, I just used a handheld Craftsman infrared thermometer with a thermocouple socket on it.
So, to actually answer your questions, before the cooler was installed I also didn't have a dashboard gauge. To check the oil temp, I had to slow down and pull into the hot pits, dig the thermo gun out of the glove compartment, pull the trigger and read the oil temp. After that bit of cooling down, the hottest I ever read was 250F. After the Boss cooler was installed and I was able to put the digital gauge in the dashboard, the hottest it's ever read while running at speed is still around 250F. In daily driving the oil temp ranges between 180 and 210, depending on what you're doing.
06-01-2012, 08:59 PM
#17
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It's not worth the trouble for your application. The regular cooling system is pretty good - I did a bunch of track days before the oil cooler went in and it didn't get super hot even without it. It also cooled down really quickly as soon as I came off the track into the paddock. Unless you're spending a lot of time at full throttle over about 5,000RPM the Boss cooler doesn't make a big difference.
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