Racingline Oil Cooler for EA888 Gen.3 & Gen.4 Engines
Because cooler oil means a better protected engine. The higher your power, the harder you drive, the more important it is to protect your oil with this Oil Cooler by RacingLine.
Our Oil Cooler Kit is an essential fit for any hard-driven MQB or MQB ‘Evo’ 2.0 TSI car running high power levels or in hot climates. It’s a complete ready to install package, using a clever sandwich plate design for straightforward and reliable installation.
Adding power to these 2.0 TSI engines generates more heat to disperse. Significantly increased oil temperatures means only one thing: a decrease in the ability for your engine to stay properly lubricated. At the same time, it’s really important not to over-cool the oil; our 10-row kit is perfect.
Why fit an Oil Cooler kit?
- Under hard driving, the stock oil cooler is easily overwhelmed. Failures start to occur when oil cannot dissipate its collected heat fast enough and the oil begins to thin and degrade – losing its lubrication properties.
- The RacingLine kit solves this problem: by adding in an additional air to oil cooler positioned right in the airflow in the front of the car, oil temperatures are reduced by around 15 – 20 degrees centigrade (of course dependant on how the car is being used, ambient temps and state of tune).
- Our kit retains the factory oil to water cooler and adds to it with the front-mounted cooler – doubling up your cooling capability with less heat transfer into the water system.
- As the oil moves away from the heat inside the engine, its temperature drops significantly as it is pumped through the densely packed fins of the 10-row cooler’s large surface area mounted right in the cool airflow.
- Supplied as a complete kit with every part ready for install.
What’s included in the Kit?
- Oil cooler mounting brackets
- AN10 210 series Nylon braided feed and return line.
- Billet CNC non-return sandwich plate.
- Fitting kit containing all necessary nuts, bolts, washers and rubber mounting bobbins.
- AN10 10-row oil cooler core.
- Billet oil filter housing with removable drop in filter.
Fitting Notes
The kit comes supplied with two bracket kits. One kit is for Audi S3 8V models, the other is for all other MQB & MQB ‘Evo’ vehicles.
Mounting for the bracket set requires drilling bolt holes through the front crash bar.
Newly Built Engines
RacingLine does not recommend immediate installation of the 2.0 TSI Oil Cooler kit on a newly rebuilt engine (non-factory rebuilds) . Due to the high filtration capabilities of the Stainless Steel Oil Filter, the assembly chemicals typically used by performance engine builders such as Molybdenum paste, engine assembly lube and grease used during engine assembly will be carried in the oil and can restrict filter flow or even lead to it blocking.
Once a minimum running in period of 1000 miles (1600Km) is complete on a freshly rebuilt/assembled engine, followed by a full oil flush and change (using VWG approved oil), the Oil Cooler kit can then safely be installed. The RacingLine Oil Filter should then be inspected and thoroughly chemically cleaned after a further 1000 miles.
Once the Racingline 2.0 TSI oil cooler kit is installed we recommend the Stainless Steel Oil Filter to be replaced or inspected and cleaned at 5000 mile service increments and alongside the vehicle’s normal service milage.