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| BeatNavy |
 Jul 6 2020, 08:47 AM
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I'm trying to nail down why I'm having oil cooler issues. Specifically, I've blown two sandwich plate adapter seals in the same place / manner. In addition, during my test drives I wasn't necessarily thrilled with the temp drop I was seeing.
First, I'm running the Setrab oil cooler and Setrab sandwich plate adapter. Anyone else running the Setrab sandwich plate adapter without any issues? I know I'm not the ONLY one, but how many people run this as opposed to something like the Mocal setup? Second, when I contacted Pegasus Racing to order more seals, I spoke to the tech guy who gave me some food for thought. The most interesting thing was he said the oil cooler needs to be mounted with the inlet and outlet ports facing up, otherwise the cooler won't fill up all the way and you won't get ideal (or any) cooling. Here's my setup with it angled somewhat down for what I hoped was good airflow: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?s=&...t&p=2826235 Essentially he says the oil takes "the path of least resistance" which could largely be from the inlet port to the outlet port using few of the cooling rows. I assumed the pressure would fill the cooler, but I can see what he's saying. Any thoughts on that? If that's the case, I really need to completely redo my mounting setup and plumbing. |
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| Olympic 914 |
Jul 6 2020, 09:36 AM
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Not using the Setrab sandwich adapter, So I can't help with that issue. (Don't know what brand it is) I am running the Setrab oil thermostat. In that case the oil should follow the path of least resistance and bypass the oil cooler (somewhat) until it hits 180 when all the oil is sent to the cooler. Mounted my cooler parallel to the trunk floor. that is inclined about 6 deg towards the fittings. both my fittings are on the top. Another way, and I considered this, would be to mount the cooler with the fittings on the side. Input on the bottom and incline it slightly with the output on top. I have been driving this thing a lot in the HOT weather we have been having and am really happy with the cooling I see on the Temp gauge. Where before it would easily hit 250-260 in the heat, Now it rarely gets to 220 and mostly hovers between 200-215 With the fresh engine your heat will be higher, should drop down some after it breaks in some. Hope you get it sorted out. |
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BeatNavy More Rear Mount Oil Cooler Questions Jul 6 2020, 08:47 AM
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you got two weeks to get this baby on the road an... Jul 6 2020, 09:10 AM Montreal914 Yes, you are trapping air in that cooler, flip it ... Jul 6 2020, 09:10 AM 90quattrocoupe
The most interesting thing was he said the oil co... Jul 6 2020, 01:25 PM BeatNavy Thanks for the input. I spend a good part of the ... Jul 6 2020, 03:50 PM rmdinmd [quote name='BeatNavy' date='Jul 6 202... Jul 9 2020, 05:34 AM DRPHIL914 Chris Foley mounted mine when it was up there for ... Jul 8 2020, 06:09 AM Porschef :popcorn: :beer3: Jul 9 2020, 04:54 AM BeatNavy Hey guys, thanks for the interest and input. We h... Jul 9 2020, 10:32 AM maf914
I kept pulling over to the side of the road and/o... Jul 10 2020, 03:16 PM Bartlett 914 Glad to read you solved the oil leaks.
Would you ... Jul 9 2020, 11:03 AM BeatNavy
Glad to read you solved the oil leaks.
Would you... Jul 9 2020, 02:16 PM Bartlett 914
[quote name='Bartlett 914' post='2832345' date='J... Jul 10 2020, 07:56 AM Olympic 914
Oh I see what you did. But going through the J-tu... Jul 10 2020, 08:22 AM BeatNavy
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Anyone thought about putting a head shield on the... Jul 13 2020, 04:55 PM GregAmy Aren't the heat exchangers already a heat shie... Jul 13 2020, 05:06 PM Olympic 914
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