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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Hello- > 2. What types of oil coolers or sumps are the most effective at reducing oil > temperature? Sumps do nothin' for temps... "Mesa" coolers are very effective, but placement and installation is everything. Use a REAL thermostat - do NOT use the stock oil cooler location as the take-off point as it will bypass oil. Use a fan. And, think hard about airflow over the cooler. Horizontally-mounted coolers can be a big pain to get airflow, and often vertically-mounted ones will cool more. > 3. What is the best way to read head temps? A VDO head temp gauge is a good compromise of cheap, easy, and good. Put the ring of the thermocouple around a spark plug. Make sure the plastic connector of the thermocouple is in a "cold" environment... on the firewall works pretty well. There are better ways, but they're costly, complex, and questionable for what you want to accomplish IMHO. > 4. Where/how do you tap into the oil system to tee off to an external oil > cooler? If you do the regular full flow bit, use those take off points for the cooler, too. Put it in line with the filter. Take care, Shad Laws LN Engineering http://www.LNengineering.com ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>