[s-cars] Remote Oil Cooler height

[Manuel Sanchez]

Thanks for your BTDT Mark. After staring at it just a few minutes ago  
I don't think that I could mount it higher than the sump anyway, its  
kinda tight in there.

Regards,

Manny
95.5 urS6 Avant


On Aug 14, 2010, at 1:52 PM, Mark Turczyn wrote:

> Manuel-
>
> Many many years ago I installed  much larger oil cooler because I  
> was towing my race bike enclosed trailer through the mountains.   I  
> installed it on a backwards slant and built ducting that would  
> enclose it and exhaust out of louver slots I formed using a blow  
> heater and a wooden dowel pin.   I converted to AN fittings on the  
> outlet/outlet by the block.
>
> There is not much room under there so I did not worry about  
> relative height.  I simply filled my sump with oil and ran the  
> car.  I added what was needed and just forgot about it.
>
>  As to drain back and over filling the sump-- I doubt that even my  
> much bigger cooler added a noticeable increase in oil volume.  At  
> least I never noticed any issues like drain back during cool down  
> before the thermostat closed.
>
> I did not think about it and I have been running it this way four  
> 14 years.
>
>
> At 9:31 AM -0400 8/14/10, Manuel Sanchez wrote:
>> Fellow S-Heads,
>>
>> I have a Rossato bin with the parts for a larger remote oil  
>> cooler. I am planning on installing it in the location of the  
>> factory intercooler, stuffed in the left wheel well. I have  
>> wondered however, if the height at which I install the oil cooler  
>> is important, my thinking is that if it is mounted too high,  
>> relative to the oil pan, that when I shut down the car after its  
>> hot that all the oil that might be stored at a level that is  
>> higher than the oil pan will drain back to the oil pan and result  
>> in an over-fill condition.
>>
>> I have that cautionary warning that is that you should not  
>> overfill your oil pan, but never new of the exact reason why this  
>> was bad, other than perhaps adding a bit more drag.
>>
>> I am also imagining that if I did have this overfill condition, it  
>> could be temporary, as after the car cooled down and the  
>> thermostat allowed for passage back to the oil cooler the correct  
>> oil level would be reached. So another question popped into my  
>> head full of rocks.... is a temporary overfill condition OK?
>>
>> Which leads to yet another question regarding how to properly fill  
>> the system the very first time, since presumably the thermostat  
>> would be closed and would not allow oil to flow into the new oil  
>> and longer lines until after the system had reached the proper  
>> temperature.
>>
>> I might also be overthinking this whole thing too.
>>
>> TIA.
>>
>> Manny
>>
>> 95.5 usS6 Avant (under the knife)
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