Can I turn the entire cooler through 90 degrees so the inlet/outlet are on the side? Obviously feed the hot oil into the top and take cool oil out the bottom?
I have a standard mocal type oil cooler with the connections on the top.
Can I turn the entire cooler through 90 degrees so the inlet/outlet are on the side? Obviously feed the hot oil into the top and take cool oil out
the bottom?
You can, as long as you can bleed it of air.
Ran mine like that for 2 years in the race car, no probs
Will be fine, don't worry about trying to bleed air etc it will be fine
The factory fitted one on my defender is up the side of the radiator
Im sure I've seen a fitting guide that says fitting it at 90deg gives optimal cooling
I've seen oil coolers mounted sideways,upright,flat.... in fact every which way imaginable.Ive also seen them blanked off with gaffer tape!
Unlike a water rad It will have to be in at the bottom and out at the top to let the air out .
Excellent news 
Do Mocal use a standard thread on the male connectors to the cooler? I need to somehow step it down to 10mm copper pipe (cooling for a jet engine)
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Originally posted by britishtrident
Unlike a water rad It will have to be in at the bottom and out at the top to let the air out .
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Originally posted by Slimy38
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Originally posted by britishtrident
Unlike a water rad It will have to be in at the bottom and out at the top to let the air out .
But surely unlike a water radiator you're not overly bothered about a bit of air? Water systems are under pressure (and get a bit funny with air in the system), wet sump oil systems aren't?
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Originally posted by Slimy38
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Originally posted by britishtrident
Unlike a water rad It will have to be in at the bottom and out at the top to let the air out .
But surely unlike a water radiator you're not overly bothered about a bit of air? Water systems are under pressure (and get a bit funny with air in the system), wet sump oil systems aren't?