REFLECTOR: Engine compartment oil cooler
Richard Riley
Richard at Riley.net
Fri Apr 22 17:08:19 CDT 2005
I'm doing a little work on a friend's Velocity XLRG. It's been running
very high oil temps. The reason may be that the very large oil cooler in
the engine compartment isn't getting any pressurized air - it's just
sitting in front of the forward right cyl, standing in the still air of the
upper cowl.
I'm thinking it should get pressurized outside air to one side, then
exhaust from the other into the engine compartment.
I'm figuring on doing a plenum on the back of the cooler, and getting
pressurized air from the main plenum on top of the engine, or adding a
scoop to the bottom cowl and running a piece of SCAT to a plenum on the
front of the cooler.
Is there a standard way for this to be done on the XLRG, or do they
normally have an oil cooler without any airflow?
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