kipres

i know this is a wierd question but im courious. i removed my ac pump from the motor, it just wasnt working right. so im left with 2 condensers and was wondering if i could use them as ether a motor oil cooler or for another water cooler before or after my turbo. damn turbo boils water and burns the oil so im trying to use what i have. would this work or no ? pros or cons ? thanks

turborich

I don't see why you couldn't. You would need to figure how to hook the lines up to it. Just make sure to flush it out with some brake clean & compressed air first. The only issue I see is that if you run oil through it then it may heat the radiator up & be hard to cool since it covers the entire surface. It's not going to explode or anything since it handle 300+ PSI of refrigerant. Additional water cooler should work great I would think.

kipres

So I have 1 for water. Any body else think this would work or would it cause problems. Or should I do oil insted ?

turborich

Google & find out how hot refrigerant runs vs. engine oil, If it's similar temps then you should be good to go. Water for sure won't be an issue. Maybe a google search might even turn up something about this type of thing?

You could always ditch the condenser & just toss a oil cooler up there too. Or mount an oil cooler under the truck with a fan on it too. There are a bunch of different options.

This may help out, Many trucks have a built in tranny cooler & engine oil cooler in the radiator so I think your idea would work also as the temps should be OK. Anytime you can reduce your engines oil temp you are doing something good!

kipres

Water cools faster then oil do to density of liquid form. Also water is sort of free and some what easy to come by . So water it is . But has anybody done this before ?