Friday, March 26, 2021

I've wondered about this before, why aren't oil sumps finned to cool the oil some, and that would help cool the engine a little bit

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by-part-2.1154030/page-272#post-13328690

3 comments:

  1. He Jesse
    Yes! Well, i asked myself severel times about this. It´s an great and simple solution. Somtimes they do on stock, but i guess that this usefull thing is to "expensiv" at the end. Maybe it´s quiet cheaper to make a Oilpan from sheet metal instead of cast Iron/Aluminum.
    An hey, so you can buy an extra Oil-cooler for your engine. A double win for the factory.
    Horray....
    On my old Daily they have such fins on the Oilpann - but a couple of Years later, they were gone.
    Take a look if you want:
    https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8PEVpkp1-p8/XtrIo-NXEjI/AAAAAAAAW-c/6xD18QlGlwkXHrLjLQTTz2Gy0o0AgphywCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/DSC_4478.JPG

    Regards from Germany, Marco

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  2. Early 3.4 liter Jaguar engines have a fined aluminum oil pan for cooling. As I recall my Xk120 carried 12 quarts in that aluminum pan, also for added cooling.

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