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

[VaccaRabite]

So, coming back down from high science to backyard engineering...

For those of you that added oil coolers, how did you route the oil from the case to the cooler?

Did you use a spin on type adapter and relocate the oil filter? Or did you pull the motor and tap the galley plugs? If I use a cooler, I'd like to use a spin on type adapter, but don't know if thats a good or bad idea.

Zach

[jhadler]

So, coming back down from high science to backyard engineering...

For those of you that added oil coolers, how did you route the oil from the case to the cooler?

Did you use a spin on type adapter and relocate the oil filter? Or did you pull the motor and tap the galley plugs? If I use a cooler, I'd like to use a spin on type adapter, but don't know if thats a good or bad idea.

Zach

The first iteration of aux cooling I did used a spin on adapter with a built in thermostat. While it was easy, and convenient to install. Service was a bit of a PITA, as the filter then came very close to a bunch of other things under the car, so it added effort to every oil change. It worked, I guess... But the oil cooler was not optimally installed, hanging on the engine lid. Now the motor is out and getting re-done, I'll be tapping the plugs, relocating the filter, and hopefully (if time and money permit) installing a cooler up in front.

-Josh2