Pete Lawless wrote:
> Sorry Richard getting the diagram is as far as I got.
> I am attracted by the idea of a stat but am not wholly
> convinced that the wax stat is the correct option. I
> am worried about it failing shut. Anyway our hanger is
> just too cold at this time of year to do other that
> essential work. What I want to do is move the oil
> cooler off the back of the water radiator and into its
> own 'hole'. For this to work it would need a stat for
> cold weather operation.
>
> I watch progress on this thread with interest.
It is getting a bit over the top !
I note that it has been reported that oil temps have
stayed low in the cruise. It maybe that in the cruise
configuration very little heat is produced and most is
taken away by the water and the air.
It does seem to be my experience. (Unless the oil
thermostat was opening slightly early). It means that the
oil temps were OK even with no cooler being used.
This would mean I need to lag the rest of the oil pipes
and the oil tank - to try and keep some heat IN in the oil !
It also means that I have snookered myself as the original
idea for the oil thermostat was to keep the temperature up
in cold weather. A by-product was to keep the oil temp
down in unfavourable hot conditions by uncovering the whole of
the oil cooler (it was half covered before !)
Anyway too bl**dy cold and damp to re-install today -
unless it improves this afternoon !
Richard G-OWWW
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