3SGTE Stock Oil Cooler - Oil Thermostat?

[Howieau]

Does the standard oil cooler on a 2nd gen 3SGTE have a built oil temp thermostat that allows the oil into the cooler when it gets too hot, or is it being cooled constantly?

Cheers

[Roundy]

i believe it is been cooled/heated up constantly

just have to remember it will never be 'cooled' to below 80 degrees using the engine coolant

[Howieau]

Would it be plausible to say in a stock engine that the oil temp at the cooler will be the same as the coolant temp all the time?

[Celica RA45]

its a heat exchanger so the water will be cooler than thermo stat if that helps

[Roundy]

not all the time

cruising on the highway i would expect it to be very close to the same as the water temp

on the track i would expect it to be hotter, but i have never measured my oil temp..

[Celica RA45]

you need to measure the oil temp with in the sump with a mechanical guage to see where it sits