oil cooler position
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hi

im looking at places to mount my oil cooler.

this is the best place in terms of out of the way of everything, but it wont be in direct airflow.







my thoughts are there will be enough air whooshing about under the bonnet that it should still be ok.

im going to fit a oilstat aswell. a 90 degree c one if i can find one.

what do you guys think? should i find a better location for it?


thanks
josh

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Could you make some ducting to lead to it from under the wing?

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.p...tid=469104&fr=0

Stick it there with a decent ducting mine is in similar place it takes 35deg c out my oil @ 70

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ok thanks chaps

wheres the best place to buy the oil stat?

i have one but i think its a 75 degree one which is too cool, want a 90 degree one really.

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IMO i would place it under the altinator if possible ? then its in the direct! airflow

On a road car it doesn't have to be in the airflow.

steve i would place it under the alternator but i have a front rad in the way!! it's getting tight under the bonnet now lol

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Have a look at my page mate and you will see where i put my cooler and stat,

Its just one more way of doing it.

simon.

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dont solid mount the cooler. have some sort of shock absorbing material between it and the brace bar.

i bought a setrab oil cooler and i read in the fitting instructions not to sold mount. as this causes damage with the vibrations going through it. anyway that being said. a mocal one split on me in germany right before i went on the nurburg ring. this was more than likely caused by the solid mounted fitting. i then bought a setrab one which stated do not solid mount. just a heads up as i know a lot of people have had oil cooler breakage issues.

however, how do you professionally mount an oilcooler? i used some old fuel pipe with some longer bolts as my quick fix in germany outside a pizza shop! haha.

thanks simon that is another way of doing it. do you have problems with speed bumps and the cooler hitting?

thats a very good point johnny, i will weld some brackets to the brace bar, and then mount the cooler to it with something like this between it.

http://www.minispares.com/product/Classic/...ack%20to%20shop

do you think that would work?

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im no expert, but i would say its better than nothing.

I was about to use those when fitting my cooler. I have mounted the Facet on those in my racecar, and it eleminated all the notiser from the pump

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like these?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-GOLF-MK1-GTI-...=item2c67f7e22a

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yes i have X2 m6 ones

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