Technical Does a 85 TwinAir have a engine oilcooler.?

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Technical Does a 85 TwinAir have a engine oilcooler.?

Looking on ePER, the parts listing, I can't find anything to suggest an oil cooler is fitted.

Best way to check is to look at the car.
An oil cooler could be a small heat exchanger on the oil pump/filter body, or a separate radiator mounted near the front of the car.
If it is at the oil filter, it will be water cooled, so look for any coolant hoses to and from the oil filter area.
Whilst there, also look for any pipes from it towards the front of the car that would supply a cooler there. If you find no pipes/hoses, there is no cooler.

I'd doubt there would be one. Generally the oil volume will be enough to dispel heat from the sump as it circulates.
 
Yes there's an oil cooler. Looking at the engine from inside the car (if you could!) it is below and to the right of the oil filter. It is water cooled and looks a bit like the kind of tin your granddad would keep his tobacco in. I know because the seals on mine failed and leaked oil down the back of the engine - luckily I noticed the oil smell, patch on drive and level drop on dipstick before any catastrophe occurred. Fixed under warranty.
 
Yes there's an oil cooler. Looking at the engine from inside the car (if you could!) it is below and to the right of the oil filter. It is water cooled and looks a bit like the kind of tin your granddad would keep his tobacco in. I know because the seals on mine failed and leaked oil down the back of the engine - luckily I noticed the oil smell, patch on drive and level drop on dipstick before any catastrophe occurred. Fixed under warranty.

THX for the info. ;)
 
Interesting - I fitted a conventional air-driven oil cooler to a Mirafiori Sport I was tweaking, using a device between the oil filter and the block to divert the oil flow. I seem to remember that the Ritmo Abarth 130TC had one as standard, but it never occurred to me that the TA would have one.
 
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