Oil coolers

[TheCafeKid]

That's it mate, I use a digital vernier to measure mine when I make my coolers, and so far, after 8 years and hundreds made, no complaints. I don't think that putting restrictors in your oil line to fool your oil pressure switch is a real good idea. Cheers, Terry.

Terry, the alu piece that goes down into the well, do i need a rubber oring or something for that, or will that piece with your kit seal it up as it should? If you need i can post a picture of what i am talking about, but im at work at the present.

 

[Nessism]

Had some good results with my adapter today. Found a plumbing fitting that is very close to the right size to act as the oil pickup (the brass fitting shown in my other photo works also). Modified it to fit down into the engine oil port and feed oil upward. Used the Napa oil pressure sensor and it worked well; oil light stays off even with the oil at running temperature. Anyone with a drill press could easily replicate this adapter quite easily for pretty cheap ? drop me a PM if anyone wants more details.

 

[80GS750]

wow you could eat off that engine....

 

[terry]

Terry, the alu piece that goes down into the well, do i need a rubber oring or something for that, or will that piece with your kit seal it up as it should? If you need i can post a picture of what i am talking about, but im at work at the present.

No mate, just use it like it is, no "O" ring required.

 

[terry]

Had some good results with my adapter today.

Well they say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery mate, so I guess I should be really, really, flattered, ha ha!

Just be careful calling it "your" adapter though, it just looks like a (slightly rough) version of MY adapter!

Man, I really should have patented that sucker! (except I couldn't, considering that I took some design clues from another "period" adapter manufacturer, he he...........)

Just don't ask me for any info on my new spin on oil filter adapters, I'm not telling you anything! Cheers, Terry.

 

[Nessism]

Well they say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery mate, so I guess I should be really, really, flattered, ha ha!

Just be careful calling it "your" adapter though, it just looks like a (slightly rough) version of MY adapter!

Cheers, Terry.

Hey Terry,
Yea, your adapter looks similar but no disrespect, Focus Frenzy sent me a factory made adapter that is a splitting image as well - even had the exact same oil pressure adapter take off as yours. Using a plate seems like the simplest solution.

Ed

 

[Guest]

Well they say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery mate, so I guess I should be really, really, flattered, ha ha!

Just be careful calling it "your" adapter though, it just looks like a (slightly rough) version of MY adapter!

Man, I really should have patented that sucker! (except I couldn't, considering that I took some design clues from another "period" adapter manufacturer, he he...........)

Just don't ask me for any info on my new spin on oil filter adapters, I'm not telling you anything! Cheers, Terry.

I had an old successful business associate who use to joke that R&D stood for Rip-off and Deceive, which he did very well.
He died a few years ago. I visited his phenomenal home in looking over Ashville,NC and when he showed me his garage he had three cars under covers that he had never mentioned. I asked him what he had. He pulled off the covers and one was a Ferrari, one was a rare bug eye Porche and the last one was the latest limited edition Whale's Tail Porche that he raced for fun on the track. Dude was close to 80 and had multiple triple by pass operations that finally did him in. If I told you the name of his company you would recognize it. His estranged son who had no interest in him or the business inherited the cars, the house, and the money from the business.

 

[terry]

Hey Terry,
Yea, your adapter looks similar but no disrespect, Focus Frenzy sent me a factory made adapter that is a splitting image as well - even had the exact same oil pressure adapter take off as yours. Using a plate seems like the simplest solution.

Ed

Ha ha, re-read my post mate, and you'll see that I pretty much fessed up to a bit of "R & D" too. I've got an adapter just like that in my garage, but if anyone asks me, it's MY design, ha ha! (mine does actually work better then the original, and that's true)

I'm still not showing you my spin on filter adapter though, it really is MY idea, ha ha! Cheers, Terry.

 

[terry]

I had an old successful business associate who use to joke that R&D stood for Rip-off and Deceive, which he did very well.
He died a few years ago. I visited his phenomenal home in looking over Ashville,NC and when he showed me his garage he had three cars under covers that he had never mentioned. I asked him what he had. He pulled off the covers and one was a Ferrari, one was a rare bug eye Porche and the last one was the latest limited edition Whale's Tail Porche that he raced for fun on the track. Dude was close to 80 and had multiple triple by pass operations that finally did him in. If I told you the name of his company you would recognize it. His estranged son who had no interest in him or the business inherited the cars, the house, and the money from the business.

That's just sad mate, it'd be really nice once in a while for someone who actually deserves it, to inherit lots of money and interesting toys like that. Kinda makes you wonder where the justice is, eh?

 

[brs127s]

I'm interested in learning what model and year BMW that pressure switch was used on. If I can come up with a suitable switch like this building an adapter could be done using a simple plate and regular plumbing fittings - no need for a special adapter (no offense Terry).

Latest idea is simple plate and plumbing fittings. The seperate brass fitting goes down in the oil port and sends the oil upward - easy to make from a common brass fitting. The pressure switch shown is from Napa - not sure if the pressure threshold is low enough though. Experiments with this sensor were not favorable in the past, but I learned that the adapter was leaking internally (not capturing 100% of the oil flow) so I'm going to try again. A .5 psi switch sounds ideal so please share any info you can.

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Nessism, I did find the receipt for that low pressure switch. Sounds like you don't need it though. Where I had the partial flow setup, I needed a lower pressure for keeping the light off at idle. Anyway, I bought the switch from O'Reilly Automotive in August of 2002. I believe it was a Borg Warner, but it might have been a Neihauss (this may be misspelled), but BW bought them out. The part number was S4018.

 

[80GS1000]

What's the best way to mount a cooler so it doesn't get vibrated to death?

 

[Nessism]

What's the best way to mount a cooler so it doesn't get vibrated to death?

I used rubber grommets. Auto parts stores often carry kits for mounting wiper motors and the rubber grommets work well to mount a cooler.