looking for info on the x-series oil cooler?
worth it?
does it fit behind cyl #4 on the baffles? or firewall mount only?
managed to severe one thread/fitting on the standard van's cooler while installing a fitting (used ez-lube etc...). my guess beyond repair. must have been an issue with either the oil cooler or the npt-thread on the elbow.
I'm not flying yet, so I have no direct knowledge to share. However, there are a fair number of these in RV-10s. From the conversations that I've had, the claims appear to be accurate.
As I understand it, the Airflow system that VANs uses are the X series coolers and what is supplied for the RV14, 2006-x. The oil squirts will for sure raises the oil them and lower the CHT. I would recommend a 2006-X if you can fit it.
I have one on my Rv-10, the advantage was that I could order a slightly bigger cooler with 2 more rows of fins for extra cooling capacity. I have about 75 hours of time and so far it has worked fine and cooled the oil as expected, never seen over 200F oil temp even on 90F+ air temp days.
I am expecting the oil temps to increase with the addition of the piston skirt oil nozzles.
In preparation for that, I am planning on installing the firewall mounted RV10 oil cooler mount with the EA OIL COOLER 20006A that Van supplies.
If anyone trolling this thread has pictures of their installation, I would appreciate it.
Darwin is sending me some and there have been a few other posts here containing them as well. I saw one particular picture with the oil cooler mounted diagonally and clocked to about the 1-2 o'clock position in order for the scat tube to clear the engine mount.
There is just such little room in these planes for things like this on the firewall.