Cooling circuit on new Duratec S3

[Handwheels]

It was free delivery on the one I ordered, which didn't have the "A" suffix.

In reality sure the £11.24 for a little piece of plastic includes the 'free postage'  ! 

[Q Catcher]

I am so reluctant to ask this, but what's a modine?

[Jonathan Kay]

"All wet sump Duratec engines have an oil cooler modine fitted to the RHS of the engine. It enables the engine oil to be cooled by circulating coolant around the oil-filled modine cooler."

Jonathan

[ChrisC]

This is a photo of the stats side bt side.  The longer one is the higher temp, as fitted to my 420R.  You can see the original T supplied with my 360R, it's difficult to see the distortion, but it was bent, and no longer round.  
 

Don't forget the gauge and the sensor in the submarine tube isn't the most accurate method for reading running temperature.  I wouldn't worry at a 80c running temperature, with a higher temp stat fitted.  Mine doesn't agree with EasyMap temperature, the strange thing is the gauge is higher at low temperatures, and lower at higher.

 

 

 

 

[Q Catcher]

Jonathan, thank you - a water/oil cooler.  Never heard it called a modine before.  KTMs have 'em.

[ChrisC]

In many ways a modine is a better solution to oil cooling than the 420R oil cooler bolted to the radiator without an oil stat.  It helps get the oil to operating temperature faster, using the warm coolant to heat the oil, then keeps the oil at coolant temperature as the temperature raises.

 

[Q Catcher]

Yes, thanks, I'm familiar with them, just hadn't seen that name before.

[Q Catcher]

John (Purplemeanie) - thanks for the diagram

[John Vine]

#29:

The longer one is the higher temp...

That looks like the one I have, but do we know what the temperature rating is?

JV