"Pascal Goncalves" wrote in message



I am tempted to eliminate this oil cooler
bypassing it and not refrigerating the lub oil at all. What would be
the drawback? I use this motor very lightly, at 2,000 rpm, not at
the maximum 3,200 rpm.


I would not recommend eliminating it completely.

You could add a little plumbing so that you could bypass it. A couple of Y
valves would allow you to divert water around the cooler and thus stop
further corrosion. It shouldn't hurt anything to have the oil flowing
through the cooler, and if you decided you needed it then it is just switch
a couple of valves and you are back in business.

You could also go for air cooling. Oil coolers and fans are pretty cheap.
It would heat up your engine compartment a bunch however.

The best approach would be to change the oil cooler out for one that was not
so prone to corrosion.


Rod