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Old 06-09-2011, 04:34 AM
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Originally Posted by BirdShot
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Welcome Bird Shot! Please pitch in whenever you can.

As you've already noticed, the F20 and F22 engines are pretty easy on oil. The engines are pretty bullet proof, as long as you don't let the oil level run low or over-rev!

Do you plan on a career as a tribologist?
Thank you for the welcome, I do plan to continue in the tribology field and am working toward my CLS (certified lubrication specialist). My day to day consists of looking over thousands of sample reports and making maintenance recommendations accordingly. The majority of what we see is diesel engines but pretty much look at any machinery that requires lubrication.

S2000 noob question, are they fitted with oil coolers?
Yes they are, it's a coolant assisted oil cooler @ the oil filter.

http://www.speedalliance.com/catalog...roductid=21066

There's a picture you can see the coolant line going into the sandwich plate deal.
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Thanks w00t!
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A traditional oil cooler has air going through it so you have an extra outlet for heat.
The one we have is a coolant-to-oil heat exchanger, all the heat from the engine still has one outlet = the radiator.
The heat exchanger works both ways: warms up the oil with hotter coolant when the engine is warming up, cooles the oil with coolant when the engine is hot.
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