does the Cobalt SS TC has a oil cooler? if so anyone can tell me where is located?

Thanks!!

 

negitive, this ss does not require a oil cooler

 

The solstice gxp's did have an oil cooler on the lnf, guess gm removed them later on for some reason.

 

Oil Cooler is located just to the driver's side of the oil filer. It has two coolant hoses going to it and is bolted to flywheel face of the block.

 

True, its not required, but its a MUST if you are racing your car on a circuit and even for daily use the oil cooler conserves your oil and therefore your engine

Thanks! I will check this out asap. Looks like its a very rudimentary oil cooler. Anyone seen any aftermarket oil cooler for the SS TC? I have a circuit event on the 25th and was wandering if I could get my hands on once before the event

 

find a 2006 or earlier 2.4 or 2.0 and steal one. my 2.4L has an oil cooler.

 

This is more a heat exchanger than a typ air over coil oil cooler. The engine coolant circulates through it to remove the heat. Were the 2.4's coolant or air type?

 

coolant

 

yeah its right on the front of the engine. where the engine and trans meet, look beside the intake manifold.

its in the top right corner of this lnf in a dumpster haha

 

so for what I have seen i can simply detach the oil cooler from the engine and replace with a universal one right?

 

That type of oil cooler is also used on the E-250/E-350 heavy-duty cargo vans. I'd say that is more than adequate for our Cobalts.

The Ford Police Interceptors have an oil cooler as well, but they're also about the same size.

 

The stock oil cooler must be fine, as several members hear track their cars heavily. I'd PM venom09 and ask him if he thinks it's necessary - I know he's put hundreds of hard laps on his car on big road courses and auto-X tracks this season.

 

Most oil to water coolers have a relatively small heat exchanger that is in contact with coolant. It doubles as a warmer and a cooler. It doesn't overcool the oil in the winter.

 

Oh I finnaly understand now what everyone is trying to say regarding the stock oil cooler being coolant cooled. At 1st since I had never seen this type of design i was clueless but now I totaly get it. But now I have a question: I live in Puerto Rico witch means that the temperature is at 78F in the "Winter" and could go as low as 64F@3 to 4AM. Would it be a upgrade to free up that extra heat from the engine system if I where to switch to a air cooled oil cooler? Also, What would be the lowest temperature I can safely operate my oil?

Thanks guys!!

 

If you're using a GM 4718M compliant oil (synth 5W-30), you can run that down to about -40F without any problems.
You want to keep the stock oil cooler. Switching to an oil to air exchanger for the engine oil is kind of a waste IMHO because you'd need a very large stacked plate cooler to gain any real benefit. At least the factory cooler is already there.

 

you could add one inline if youd like. just make sure you addd more oil along with the extra line and cooler