Can the oil cooler be flipped 180 degrees and put on the other side of the mount? I would be keeping the cooler lines in their correct places on the cooler, but need to know if this will affect anything at all. Thanks in advance.
-Sean

 

Wow, 2 hours for a bump. Considering this isn't a life and death thing for your car (not that it matters), don't ya think you're being a bit hasty...

 

Bump deleted. Please note bumps are forbidden here in the 2nd gen technical section, plus bumping in less than 24-48 hours makes you look pretty immature and selfish.

Also your description of what you want to do is rather vague. If you flipped the oil cooler 180 degrees the lines would be on the passengers side and the lines would not fit.

 

What I am trying to do is flip it 180 degrees so the inlet and outlets would be flipped. The lines would still be on the drivers side of the car, just flipped. I need the room to do this for a custom radiator application. If its not going to work I can come up with something else, but if it will work it will save me some time.

 

you mean make the back of the oil cooler now face the front?

It should work but you may have to mod you oil cooler lines. The only question I have would be whether having the (formerly top outlet) now on the bottom would affect the flow at all.

 

well i have always been told you want the fluid aka oil water, or atf to "fill" the cooler from bottom to top to prevent air bubbles in the cooler.. but thats just my .02 i=if you think about it, it does make sence.

 

Thats exactly what I am trying to do, and also what I am trying to find out. My oil cooler lines are custom and they are long enough to accomplish this, but I question if everything will still flow right with the thermomstat or whatever that deal is in the cooler.

 

Can I ask why you're wanting to do this...

 

Like I said above, I am putting a custom radiator in and I need the room. I have a water/air intercooler hanging off the front of the motor, and I got a crossflow radiator built to fit straight up and down instead of at a slant, and I need the oil cooler to sit in front of the new radiator. If I could just flip it to the other side of the little ears on the brace, it would save me some time.

 

Classic already did:
Guess you didn't read your own thread???

 

"should work" is like saying it "might work" or "maybe it won't **** anything up". I am looking for an answer like yes it will work or no it will not work. My lines are long enough to do it. And I did read the thread. Did you help me with my question???

 

it will work, there is no reason it should not work the whole system is under pressure any way, the only time you need to be worried about location for the feed and return in on turbos where you want the return facing down so it can drain faster. unless some thing very unexpected happens it will work fine.

 

This is what I was looking for. Thank you.

 

Yes it will work all day long and night also. Piece of cake. Then again, the mounts pose a small problem, but it'll work turned top to bottom, left to right, standing on end (either end).

 

If you're wondering how the cooler works it's just a long free flowing tube. That "thermostat or whatever that deal is" is a bi-metal valve. It opens and closes depending on your oil temp. You can mount this cooler any way you want so long as air can flow through the cooler. So don't mount it sideways.

 

Thanks for all of the stright forward answers. I know how an oil cooler works but I didn't know if the mounting position would affect the operation of the thermostat. Thanks again.

 

Shouldn't affect the thermostat much, if at all.
That part is actually not an "all or nothing" valve anyway...when the valve is open more oil bypasses the cooler but some still flows through.
When it's closed, all the oil is forced through the matrix.