Got this crazy idea.....
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Got this crazy idea.....
Ok, so for starters, I'm sorry if this is in the wrong forum, but I figured theres a lot of guys here with this kind of knowledge, so figured I'd give it a shot.
I am in the midst of starting a York A/C Compressor On Board Air system, and I know that these are famous for getting really hot....SO...I had an idea tonight.
I just did a tranny swap from an AOD automatic to a ZF 5-speed, and still have the factory auxillary cooler in front of the radiator....so I was thinking if I could just use an electric oil pump to plumb into it and cool the oil, it should really help with things.
However, after doing some research, electric oil pumps are really expensive, and generally have way more GPM than I really need (only really need 1-2, just a nice slow flow....SO my thought was this....... Could I use one of the low-pressure in-tank fuel pumps and just switch it over to pump oil? Or are they going to give a really high GPM too? And can they "survive" being unsubmersed themselves (for their own cooling)???
Thanks for the help.
I am in the midst of starting a York A/C Compressor On Board Air system, and I know that these are famous for getting really hot....SO...I had an idea tonight.
I just did a tranny swap from an AOD automatic to a ZF 5-speed, and still have the factory auxillary cooler in front of the radiator....so I was thinking if I could just use an electric oil pump to plumb into it and cool the oil, it should really help with things.
However, after doing some research, electric oil pumps are really expensive, and generally have way more GPM than I really need (only really need 1-2, just a nice slow flow....SO my thought was this....... Could I use one of the low-pressure in-tank fuel pumps and just switch it over to pump oil? Or are they going to give a really high GPM too? And can they "survive" being unsubmersed themselves (for their own cooling)???
Thanks for the help.
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An in tank pumps definitely needs submergance for cooling. Not sure an external low press. carb application would work either. Seems as they both would aerate the oil too much. Even if the viscosity issue would allow it to work in a fuel pump.
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Originally Posted by EPNCSU2006
Why don't you just get an oil filter sandwich adapter thing, plumb the lines and be done?
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There are screw-on adapters for engine oil coolers that go between engine block & filter then run out to oil coolers in front of the rad.
I don't think he sees what you're trying to cool.
I don't think he sees what you're trying to cool.
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No, he's mounting an air compressor on his truck and he wants to cool the oil for it. His thought is to get a pump of some sort and run the oil from the air compressor through the old transmission cooling lines in the radiator.
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since its just going to be for an on board air system, not an air conditioning system, probably just some 10-40wt. They say you can use regular oil on these or ATF when you convert them over to OBA status, but I dont wanna use ATF.