I've been talking with Dennis about getting a new oil cooler and thermostat
setup. My choices for a thermostat are `full flow' or `bypass'. I don't really
understand the relative merits. Aren't oil thermostats usually both full flow
and bypass? When cold the whole flow bypasses the cooler, and when open the
whole flow goes through the cooler? This is for my 68 B, where currently
the entire output of the pump goes through the cooler and thence to the
filter.
-Jean H
> Hi Jean,
> Re: full flow thermostats "the full flow type allows the oil radiator to
> be pressurised at all times; the flow is allowed to return to the engine until
>74 degres C is reached, whereupon all flow is directed to the radiator" This i
> s from the catalogue. This therm has screw fittings, so the hoses must be
> cut and have screw fittings. The only way I can get prices for these is
> to call Triunph Tune in England. I think we are only talking $10 or $20 here,
> Personnally I'd get the hoses and have them cut and screw fittings put on
> here in the US. You only have a 3 row cooler, surely this is not factory??
>
> Cheers DEnnis
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