Originally Posted by bleunetizen

nope I kept it in place.. how can it possibly cancel each other out? the oem sandwich runs coolant through it, which is cooler than oil when the car is driven hard.. and it in fact should help the oil reach the optimum temperature as oil takes ages to heat up compared to water.

the car runs too 'cold' when driven normally, it will never go over 90degC, hardly reachs 80degC while water is around 90 deg all the time. It probably will be even worse if I remove the stock sandwich "heater" haha (I dont think it should be considered as a cooler)