Engine Oil Cooler

Well , since my wet clutch sent crap all through the motor including the oil cooler which just could not be cleaned  I decided to put a bigger cooler in .

The cooler is a trans cooler from Advanced Auto. It's an  Imperial Maxi-Cool XL. Then I used the cooling fan from a 450 Grizzly that I had from when my step son had wreaked the quad.  It seems to work good so far. I left it run after shutting the rhino off and with in a min or 2 the cooler was cool to the touch. I plan on running it all the time while the motor is running just to make sure the oil stays cool. I'll have a switch hooked up so I can turn it off if I get into deep mud , water , or in the winter .


 

I like that setup.

What shocks are those.

I like the oil cooler up there. That's something I wouldn't mind doing to my Rhino so that I can clean all the mud out of the radiator.

I also like those Walker Evans Racing shocks... lol. Mine have a longer spring on the front, but otherwise those shocks look awfully familiar.

Nice looking job I would like to do something like that also.

I also have plans to install an oil temp gauge when I install a coolant temp and volt gauge.  If I wasn't in such a rush to get the rhino up and running before Thursday ( h&m trip ) I would have done a little cleaner job like painting the brackets black and cleaned everything.

looks good. not a bad idea to mount it there

I like that set-up, looks good

Thanks and it will let cooler air to get to the rad mounted up where it is

I pretty sure this mod saved my motor last weekend. I lost all the coolant when a rad hose came off the motor. The motor ran for a good 5 mins before I got to a place to shut it down and see why the temp light was on.

When I shut the motor off and started checking stuff I found the rad was cool to the touch. Telling me there was no coolant. After fixing the problem I started it up and it ran great the rest of that day and the next. No noises from the motor at all.

I had the fan from my old 450 grizzly so it only cost me about $65 for the cooler and you can find them cheaper if you look around.

glad that you got lucky on that

damn you did get lucky ,you don't want to roach that new motor like that, how did the rad hose come off?

So you never have cooling issues? There was someone on here that said there's wouldn't cool in the hot part of the day. I couldn't understand why. Think it could be a difference between a 660 n 700 cooling? I really need to do something with mine soon or it will stuck up behind my head soon. I'm done cleaning it 24/7.

On mine the rad fan would run a lot but after putting the oil cooler on it would only run one and a while if going slow and in the gas like running in rocks

not to hijack scott, but hows that new motor run

Mick it runs great

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So you never have cooling issues? There was someone on here that said there's wouldn't cool in the hot part of the day. I couldn't understand why. Think it could be a difference between a 660 n 700 cooling? I really need to do something with mine soon or it will stuck up behind my head soon. I'm done cleaning it 24/7.

That was me Banchee6.
Only difference with my setup compared to flimmy is I have my rad and oil cooler up on the frame rails. Flimmy's rad is still down in the stock position. Having two fans will make a huge difference in cooling the whole setup.
I am awaiting my hood scoop for installation.
Nice setup flimmy!

Thanks