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Alex Gibson (AXLE)
Part built GTM
Joined: Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:06 pm Posts: 130 Location: North Perthshire, Scotland (1141) GTM: Cox/Coupe
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Oil cooler mounting
Hi All, Can you hang an oil cooler upside down ? (ie with the pipes down at the bottom)
What about air locks in it?
Alex
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Fri Jul 09, 2010 8:00 pm |
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Pantera2075
On the Road
Joined: Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:38 am Posts: 740 Location: Stoke
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Re: Oil cooler mounting
It'd retain air and not work very well unless you filled it the right way up and then fitted it.
It wouldn't "air lock", it'd just only cool along the bottom portion.
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Fri Jul 09, 2010 8:33 pm |
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Mark...
GTM on order
Joined: Thu Jul 08, 2010 10:28 pm Posts: 6 Location: Bournemouth
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Re: Oil cooler mounting
I don't know but if your struggling for space, what about a Laminova oil/water cooler? You get significantly less oil pressure drop through one of these.
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Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:10 pm |
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CamelotR
Ready for SVA
Joined: Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:22 pm Posts: 425
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Re: Oil cooler mounting
Gtm owner is just right.
You may fitt some kind of "valve" to bleed the oil cooler though.
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Sun Jul 11, 2010 2:47 pm |
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the other Tim
The Terrible Tims
Joined: Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:23 pm Posts: 487 Location: suffolk GTM: Cox/Coupe
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Re: Oil cooler mounting
On a personal level i'd be wary of mounting it upside down, even if there was a facility to bleed it any tiny air bubbles in the oil (like you see when you pour new oil) would collect at the top. Can't see any probs mounting the cooler on its end though provided the pipes were the right way round (bottom in, top out) If it's an A series and space is an issue why not fit an oil/water heat exchanger as fitted to some Metro engines, surprisingly efficient + the oil gets up to temp quickly.
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