Serge I've got the same engine. I attached a small scoop over the cooler and it did make a difference of about 10 degrees. It did however block some of the air flow over the cylinders, but it didn't seem to affect my CHT noticeably. It was an experiment and I removed the scoop later simply because my oil temp stayed in the green without it. The lower lip of the opening in my cowl on that side is just flush with the top of the cooler. I wonder if that contributes to something. Was also toying with the idea of cooling the filter. I thought I saw something in a VW rod magizine years ago that looked like a finned cover for the filter. I only have 14 hours on the engine, 1.5 in flight, the rest in taxiing...so claim no solid insight or knowledge. I cant imagine how you could move the stock cooler below. I have seen several set-ups with remote (after market) coolers on the firewall. The extra complexity of piping and directing cool air to the fire wall mounting turned me off to the idea. I have also seen a type three engine with the stock cooler mounted on the top center line of the engine, facing directly into the wind. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Serge VIDAL" <serge.vi...@sagem.com> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 7:42 AM Subject: Réf. : KR> VW Oil Draining
> By the way, on my Type 4, the oil cooler is clamped to the engine front > (normal location). Does anybody know how difficult it is to change it to a > bottom location to improve cooling ? > > Serge Vidal > KR2 "Kilimanjaro Cloud" > Paris, France > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
