rincewind23 Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Hi, I've got a Discovery 3.9 v8 in my Defender (hence posting here). The guy who had it before me replaced the radiator, but the new radiator doesn't have an oil cooler. It turns out what he's done is cut the oil cooler part out of the original radiator and leave it in line. It looks horrible, rattles around and the hoses are getting in the way of a couple of other things, so I'm wondering if anyone can suggest a good oil cooler? I've been looking around and I'm thinking a long, squat one to fit under the current radiator may be the way to go, but figured people here may know better. Cheers, Kev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 You could remove the takeoff plate & delete the oil cooler, tidy plumbing. I deleted the cooler on my 3.9 and both 4.6's, none has ever got the oil hot enough to warrant it (temperature indicator labels are your friends). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rincewind23 Posted October 5, 2016 Author Share Posted October 5, 2016 Good to know, thanks. I have an issue where the engine is a Disco engine but the gauge is a Defender gauge and it always runs off the end of the dial but the temp is fine. I don't know if I can fit a Disco gauge in the Defender dash. It's on my TODO list (and it's a loong list right now.. whoever had it before me did everything half-arsed..) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 I got the ar5e with temp gauges/senders and just bought a matched VDO Vision gauge & sender, goes straight into a Defender dash, reads right, you can get senders in a variety of threads. P38 V8's use 1/8" NPT, not sure about earlier ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rincewind23 Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 Sorry for the delay in replying; we moved house (and I towed a trailer for the first time to transport my kit car so I feel like a grownup!) ' You could remove the takeoff plate & delete the oil cooler, tidy plumbing ' Excuse my ignorance but is this ok to do? Was it not put there in the first place for a reason? Also I'm switching from 14CUX to Megasquirt so I should be able to pull a signal from there for a VDO gauge. Or at the very least check it with the laptop.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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