[DeTomaso] Laminova oil cooler

[adin at frontier.net]

Quoting JDeRyke at aol.com:

  I also added a
> Perma-Cooler oil thermostat so the cooler is bypassed until oil   
> temps get to 180 F.
> Laminova says this is unnecessary but I disagree- it gets cold here   
> in Winter!
>

Am I confused here?  Isn't the big advantage of the water/oil cooling  
the very fact that it also heats the oil as the water temp climbs????   
and, in a second hand way, the oil temp is controlled - nope too  
strong a word - the oil temp is urged to somewhat follow the water  
temp???


Discussion?  Anyone?  Buellar?