Rear Mount Oil Cooler Planning, Ok, leaking oil again... |
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Rear Mount Oil Cooler Planning, Ok, leaking oil again... |
BeatNavy |
May 31 2020, 06:45 AM
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Certified Professional Scapegoat Group: Members Posts: 2,933 Joined: 26-February 14 From: Easton, MD Member No.: 17,042 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
With the addition of my 2270 I'm now pushing oil temps toward 230 on an 80 degree day. I am not surprised, but wanted to run it for a bit just to make sure an external oil cooler is truly necessary.
I think it is truly necessary. I've researched and planned this some, but I'm still looking for sanity check, comments, and answers where appropriate. You'll notice I'm trying to stick with Setrab for most of this under the assumption that the pieces should work together. 1. This will be rear-mount cooler: Setrab Series 1 19-row w/Fan. It looks compact, has the fan, and was recommended to me. It will be mounted somewhere under trunk / over gearbox, probably passenger side. 2. Sandwich plate adapter. I've considered going with CFR's system, but I'll probably stick with the sandwich plate route at this point. Which sandwich plate? I assume it needs to be low-profile to avoid interference with cross-bar, but these things run from $26 to over $200 depending, I guess, whether or not they have thermostat. I was thinking of going with this one: 3/4 x 16 1-inch Sandwich Plate 3. Oil line fittings. I guess I need 2 for the sandwich adapter plate and 2 for the cooler itself. From a planning standpoint should I assume straight, 45 or 90 degree angled, particularly for clearance purposes off the adapter? 4. Oil lines. Going with steel braided, and I was thinking about 10 feet of AN8. Any advantage/disadvantage to AN8 versus AN10?. I'm going to get the Koul Tool oil line tool to help fabricate these. 5. Thermostat fan switch - was planning on the Setrab 190 degree thermostat switch. 6. Then I guess I need to go fused or relay on the power. Need to research that a bit more. 7. Am I missing anything or any other gotchas before I start ordering stuff? As always, thanks for advice and help. Adding an external cooler obviously makes everything a bit more complex and crowded underneath. I guess I should have stuck with the original 1.7L I had years ago. NOT! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) |
BeatNavy |
Jun 22 2020, 04:37 PM
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Certified Professional Scapegoat Group: Members Posts: 2,933 Joined: 26-February 14 From: Easton, MD Member No.: 17,042 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Another update:
I got tired of waiting for my order from Pelican. The USPS has sent me updates all weekend that basically show the package is still bouncing back and forth between USPS distro centers in Northern VA. What a joke. So I went to the FLAPS and purchased an STP oil filter. I'll worry about the other pieces when I do another oil change. So I put the filter on, added the oil, and took it for a test run on a pretty hot day (85 or so). Oil temps peaked around 210 while I was driving, then reached 220 while I idled in a parking lot before coming back to around 210 when I was driving again. All good, I was going to declare success. And then, I got home. After a short time with engine off to fix another small issue, I restarted and suddenly oil was PISSING out of the oil filter area. Yikes. I removed the filter and measured the rubber seal against the sandwich plate adapter. Should fit. I cranked down and checked AN fittings at the sandwich plate. Fired her back up, and it's still pissing oil (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) . I'm pretty sure it's coming out around the sandwich plate and not on the AN fittings. Anybody have ideas? I guess I could take the sandwich plate off and make sure the seal didn't blow. Or was it wrong to assume the STP filter would / does fit the Setrab adapter? As I write this Pelican customer support did email me to say they will resend my order via overnight, which as a pretty stand-up thing to do when it wasn't really their fault. |
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