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Old 12-04-2022, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by merc lover View Post
Does very much oil actually travel into and out of the oil cooler during normal operation? Could the car operate normally if the oil cooler were removed?
The oil sprays up inside of a special cavity inside of the pistons to cool the piston heads.

There is a thermostat in the oil cooler that starts opening at x temp. Once it is full open, I thought all of the oil goes through the oil cooler.
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