Remove shroud in car, Is it possible to remove shroud and oil cooler with engine in the car Options

[FastFroggy]

After much work I finally got engine in and running reasonably well. Unfortunately got a leak from the engine mounted oil cooler. Note: I am running minimum engine tins. No tins directly mounted to chassis.

Question is: can I expect to be able to remove the shroud and access/replace the oil cooler with the engine in car or am I resigned to pull the engine again?

Thanks in advance

[technicalninja]

I think you can do in chassis...

It might require removal of the two stupid long 6X1 studs that hold the cooler on.

This might throw a monkey wrench into the mix. Have one snap off and you will be pulling the motor.

I'd pull the drivetrain for better access.

Just leaving the engine tin to body seal out of a bug is a fatal mistake down here in hell.

You WILL overheat the engine!

I would worry the 914 is similar.

[GregAmy]

I've worked on the front of the engine with it in the car, on a lift.

I do not have the surround shrouds installed in the race car (I actually trimmed them back to the head/cylinder shrouds). Getting to the front of the engine is easy now, simple to pull the fan then fan housing (I do not run an alternator).

I also worked on the engine front in my street car but had to finagle removal of the front tin bits first, which is a bit fidgety to get around the seals. But I did. I think I'm going to use that procedure next time I have to replace the alternator on it since I can get to it all from underneath and it's all "right there" (instead of going up and down and up and down...)

[FastFroggy]

Thanks a bunch.