Subject	Engine break in - oil cooler bypass
Posted by	tiale11 on November 03, 2015 at 12:27 PM
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Message	For those of you that have broken in your engine with the stock oil cooler feed port blocked off... Did you notice reduced oil filtration/increased bearing wear? I am trying to figure out if the combination of cold start up and high oil pressure causes the oil filter bypass valve to open up undesirably
Follow Ups	Engine break in - oil cooler bypass - tiale11 12:27:11 11/03/15 If it's opening up it's because it's designed to do so. - BlackholeZ 15:59:16 11/03/15 Undesirable in the sense that.... - tiale11 17:16:02 11/03/15 Ah, I was thinking that the excess returned to the pan - BlackholeZ 21:51:09 11/03/15 In short, both... - tiale11 09:52:53 11/04/15 Bearing Pictures... - tiale11 09:18:35 11/06/15 Ouch - -Grimm- 15:50:32 11/06/15 Don't be fooled; they're not "ouch". Just shows some - Ashman2k2 11:52:11 11/07/15 ^ that (n/m) - tiale11 17:29:03 11/08/15 I would still consider unfiltered oil and embedded particles - -Grimm- 13:32:22 11/09/15 Do you monitor oil pressures with an aftermarket gauge? - ttsmokin 19:26:15 11/07/15 I was looking through your profile, and I don't see what - Ashman2k2 13:28:19 11/08/15 ^ That. More... - tiale11 17:48:02 11/08/15 Where is the 60psi valve? - ttsmokin 19:14:02 11/08/15 The 60psi is inside the tree at the cooler output location - tiale11 20:01:58 11/08/15 Please post back with results when you reinstall the valve - ttsmokin 21:18:47 11/08/15 I run stock turbos - ttsmokin 19:07:30 11/08/15 About the same oil temps for me as well - tiale11 20:09:35 11/08/15 Eh, not really "about the same" at 20deg higher temp :-) - Ashman2k2 10:49:02 11/09/15 I'm curious, where does that rule come from? - ttsmokin 18:19:48 11/09/15 Those tid bits of data can be misleading - Ashman2k2 11:25:15 11/10/15 Cool, numbers look good. Good thing you went to the higher - Ashman2k2 10:45:58 11/09/15 I am considering running Motul 300V in the future - ttsmokin 18:27:11 11/09/15 Got it. Balanced engine is good :-) (n/m) - Ashman2k2 11:27:40 11/10/15
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