Oil Cooler Tubes Copper?? - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

lbszr · 12-05-2012

Does anybody know if the oil cooler tubes are copper?

I hope they are......my oil analysis copper went from 3 or 4 ppm to 41. The 3 to 4 was street miles. 41 was analysis with mostly track miles.

A quick search shows if the other metals are normal, then it is probably the oil cooler. It would make sense, cause from posts on here I've seen the oil cooler thermostat opens at 220 or 230 and I've been tracking the car so most of the oil on this analysis saw temps of 230 to 250 consistantly, so the cooler is actually getting used now and the search also said higher temps will cause copper to leach more.

Please let the tubes be copper

12-05-2012	#1
lbszr Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: dayton,ohio Posts: 424	Oil Cooler Tubes Copper?? Does anybody know if the oil cooler tubes are copper? I hope they are......my oil analysis copper went from 3 or 4 ppm to 41. The 3 to 4 was street miles. 41 was analysis with mostly track miles. A quick search shows if the other metals are normal, then it is probably the oil cooler. It would make sense, cause from posts on here I've seen the oil cooler thermostat opens at 220 or 230 and I've been tracking the car so most of the oil on this analysis saw temps of 230 to 250 consistantly, so the cooler is actually getting used now and the search also said higher temps will cause copper to leach more. Please let the tubes be copper