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In the recent postings on oil cooling, a couple of people have described their installations and the need to block some air flow to the oil cooler during cold weather to keep the oil temps from being too low. I thought the 320 and 360 had a thermal valve that metered oil to the oil cooler. Doesn't this valve stop the oil flow to the oil cooler when the oil temp is below a certain value preventing too much cool air through the oil cooler from being a problem?

Mike Reinath
San Jose, CA
Std build 360 MK II
N3602M

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