too much oil pressure?, high OT on the freeway Options

[VaccaRabite]

My 2056 is getting elevated oil temps on the freeway. I am using a high volume pump, and seeing about 40 pounds of pressure on the freeway when my oil is up to temp.

What I think is happening is that there is too much pressure, and the oil is not being pumped through the oil cooler due to the check valve closing the passage. However, this is just a guess, as I don't have any way to test it. All I know is that when I am driving at revs, oil temp goes up and if I keep driving at higher revs the oil temps stay up). if I drop revs, oil temps fall back into place, but I can't do that on the freeway without building a lot of head heat.

Before I go through the trouble and expense of adding an oil cooler, I want to make sure that I have checked out the simple fixes first.

What do I do to make sure oil if going through the oil cooler? What is the point where pressure cuts off passage through the cooler?

All tin is in place, and fan housing flaps divert air over the oil cooler 100% of the time (no thermostat in place, so the flaps are always set to cool).

Zach

[r_towle]

I have always seen high oil temps at 65 mph up to 100.
The air gets so smooth over the car that it heats up and highways speeds...odd car.

We used a simple sandwich adapter and a 2*10 inch oil cooler strapped right on the engine bar...so its simple top install.
We put a little duct to divert air from under the car...kinda like a shovel scoop deal.
It did the trick and we could retain the heat...not run long ass hoses etc etc.

Rich

[VaccaRabite]

We used a simple sandwich adapter and a 2*10 inch oil cooler strapped right on the engine bar...so its simple top install.
We put a little duct to divert air from under the car...kinda like a shovel scoop deal.
It did the trick and we could retain the heat...not run long ass hoses etc etc.

Rich

I was either going to do it this way, or put it right under the engine lid above the engine. Are you using a thermostat to control when the oil goes to the cooler?

What temps were you seeing before you added the cooler.

What I want to determine is if I have a problem that I can fix via tuning, or adding a stronger spring to the plunger or something. I'd like to make adding an oil cooler the last option.

Zach