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Oil cooler efficiency

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Oil cooler efficiency

Post by rixrunner »

Would two smaller top quality oil coolers with a fan each be as efficient (or better or worse) than one large top quality oil coller with a large fan ??

This being with the total cooler surface area being roughly the same in each case.



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Dont know about the coolers themselves, but the larger single fan would surely pull a lot more air through it. From this and the fact that there are less parts and complexity it would be the better.
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Post by HotFourOk »

Yeah, a single fan will pull more air through, and the less joins the better if you're far from nowhere. :lol:

Is the application dependant on space?

Having to enter 2 coolers it may cause more of a restriction in the oil flow.

Due to heat flow being dependant on the temperature gradient, the one cooler may be more efficient in dissipating heat to the atmosphere.
In a 2 cooler setup, the first cooler will remove x amount of heat, and the second cooler will recieve oil of a lower temperature. This may cause less heat to be dissipated.

I think one larger would be cheaper also.
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Post by rixrunner »

Cheers for the replies.... some good points to concider.

It is a space issue, I am sure I can get a large one in, but two smaller would be neater for me.

Thanks again.


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Post by krf_bb »

large cappacity are always best its just getting the room to mount them
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