Hi all,

Anyone got any pictures on how they've plumbed in their oil cooler thermostat. Trying to plumb one in on my clubman but struggling to get it to work neatly and looking how others have done it

Cheers

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I wonder if anyone actually runs an oil cooler thermostat - I don't know that I've heard of it... I don't run an oil cooler at all on my MK2 S

However, I have an oil cooler thermostat on my Polo GTI that is a sandwich plate between the oil filter and filter head. It has an inbuilt bypass thermostat that is open until the oil hits 92°. The stock Polo oil filter doesn't fit anymore as it is quite tall. I am now using the same oil filter on the Polo that I do on the mini - a Z418 - they are the same diameter and have the same thread - I forget the diameter but the thread is 3/4"/16 TPI

This means that it'd be perfectly feasible to use the same oil filter thermostat on the mini - same size, same thread - it'd suit what you want to do quite well and was pretty cheap.

I got them from http://www.mattlewisracing.co.uk

here are the parts I ordered

1 x MLR.TO, Mocal 605 3/4UNF Oil Cooler Sandwich Plate Centre Bolt
1 x MLR.BND, Mocal OTSP1X-92 92° Oil Cooler Thermostat Take Off Sandwich Plate

I also ordered a pair of "AN" fitting adapters, I wouldn't do that again, I'd use barb fittings

1 x MLR.AAU, Mocal MMS0-8-10 1/2BSP - -10JIC Male/Male Adaptor Sandwich Plate Fittings (Pair)

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Wow Simon, that's a good solution.

I bought the oil cooler thermostat as per the advice given by online mini articles. In the end I didn't use it. Too awkward to fit/takes up too much room. Maybe it could mean oil is too cold in the depths of winter...But most of the time, certainly in summer the oil gets to temp in a short space of time from what I can tell.



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Very interesting solution there Simon, would be much neater.

Morbo, that's the exact problem I've run into in that it's proving very difficult to get it to plumb in nicely.

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