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Unread 11-13-18, 04:59 PM
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I agree with Herb on oil temps. I've been covering my oil coolers in the winters for almost 2 decades now. Same engines all along. Temps below 50F equals one piece of duct tape across entire cooler covering about 50% of the cooler. Temps below 35F equals two pieces of duct tape covering about 90% of the cooler on the front and about 80% of the cooler on the rear. Temps hang out around 180F all the time. Cold oil is not good in my opinion for the exact reason Herb mentioned.

You can easily experiment with how much cooler to cover. If you cover a little too much, its an easy matter of reducing power somewhat and coming back down and readjusting. My bet is that won't happen though. My oil temperatures have always been more of a challenge to get higher.

Ed
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