Mike1998XJ

For people that live in cold climates...
I see they make oil cooler systems that have bypass switches in them that close in cold wheather. I believe a1 lives in California so you may want to consider this and do your research depending on where you live.
Mike

a1racer

Yup I live in one of the hottest parts of California to so I am not concerned with cold weather. The adapter does have a shutoff if it gets to cold or loss of preasure.

4.3L XJ

The one I am using has a fan and thermostat.

Mike1998XJ

How about more details on your setup? What brand? How's it hooked up?
Picture?

4.3L XJ

Maybe I should get A1s permission first. Don't want to highjack his thread.

a1racer

No go a head I think the more info the better I will post up some more pics as well when I get home to a real pc not my phone.

4.3L XJ

Here is the oil cooler I am using. A B&M fan assisted cooler that isw rated for engine or transmission oil



It has a thermostat in it that goes on and off at 160 degrees. It will be mounted in my hood. I will be using one for engine oil and an identical one for tranny oil. Power will be supplied through a key operated relay under the hood. The idea is that if I am in cold weather, or just warming up the engine in the morning it will not be cooling much. They will be mounted in the hood towards the of it near the fire wall. I was just starting to cut the holes for them today. I will get it all finished in the next couple of days.

Here is the stock remote engine oil filter adapter from an S10 that I modified with new plumbing.



Here is the plumbing I ran up the back of the motor.



Steel braided line will run to the remote oil filter yet to be attached to the fire wall and then to the cooler.

The plumbing is held to the back of the motor by a steel bracket I made. I started with a block of steel, drilled two holes in it.



Then I put in in my band saw and sawed through the holes.

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Then I sawed the ret of the bracket off.



This left me with two halves that I drilled a single hole through for a bolt.



Leaving the finished product like this, a very secure clamp for the cooling lines.



Right now the hood is still off and I am cutting holes in it for the cooler and vents, which I will fabricate later.

a1racer

Wow that is a very nice looking kit and install. How much was the kit and what did you have to get seperate.

4.3L XJ

The whole thing was just pieces, most of which I bought from Summit racing. I didn't show how I adapted the plumbing on the remote adapter, but basically I just cut the tubes off and then drilled and tapped for pipe thread.

a1racer

Do you have a running price so far or a total spent.

4.3L XJ

Not really. This was not the cheap way to go. Could have done all with a lot of rubber hoses and such instead of Earl's fancy AN fittings, but I don't like doing marginal things. I just end up doing it over. The tranny coolers could have been a little cheaper, B&M has a name you know, but I like to stick with name brand if I can. Besides they had the size I wanted.

ol"blue

Didn't you feel the need to heat-wrap the header or the hard line, seeing how close they are to each other?

4.3L XJ

They are wrapped now. I just had it on to make sure everything cleared. This was all much easier to do with the motor out. The headers and y pipe are new also.

a1racer

some finished pics

line routing

along the unirail

and to the adapter

i would like to run some of the braided lines later on but for now this will do. and still no leaks

fallenknight308

O yeah, I wanna do this now! Nice job!