More Rear Mount Oil Cooler Questions, Setrab Setup Options

[BeatNavy]

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.

[DRPHIL914]

Chris Foley mounted mine when it was up there for the long and floor pan rust repair a couple years ago, and I know they mounted it with the inlet/outlets at the top, and when I pulled motor and trans for paint , I put it back in place the same way, but it is mounted in the same location you have it.

I am curious to find out what you learn about the seal issue. I have had a leak at the location of the sandwich plate adaptor but realized it was not secured tightly and had worked loose I think when I did the oil change. I went back and pulled the filter and had to re-torque the nut holding the adaptor . what seal are you talking about, the one between the adapter and the engine/ filter mount location? sounds like its way more than the drip I had....hope you can figure it out soon , I don't know the system well enough to guess why the pressure would be that high....

Phil