Oil cooler scoop install hell!!!

[Rick Lee]

How in the world does one remove the right parking light? There is no way I can reach those bolts. Tech article was totally useless. I'd be overjoyed if I only had to remove my cooler and horns. I still don't think that will cut it. Now I have my cooler unbolted and can move it maybe just enough to remove the horns. But I still don't see how I'll be able to reach them. Then I wonder how I'd ver be able to thread rethread them if I ever got the scoop installed. Please help!

[Craig 930 RS]

Remove the bellows bolts from the left side
Remove fron tbumper strip
Remove 4 bolts holding bumper to 911
Swing bumper out of way and voila you have access to the parking light.

Fairly easy to do -

[Rick Lee]

Just got it pretty much done and it was hell. I will bribe the inspection dude to not have to ever reinstall the parking light. I'd rather rebuild my 993 steering rack than do this job again. No, add a root canal and then I might have to think about it.

I loosened the oil cooler, removed one horn and then removed that foot long heavy duty alum. bracket. Even after all that, it was no fun at all, but doable. I'll snug it all up tomorrow and I will never ever do this again. Gawd, it was hell. Tech article was just insulting.

[JeremyD]

Thanks RL - now I don;t feel like quite the retard

[rusnak]

Hi, how can I be diplomatic here......


The scoop sticks out so far that you may hit something with it, as I have done in my crowded garage/ workspace.

The good news is that you'll get really good at taking off the horns, then reaching into the back side of the scoop to remove the bolts after removing the footlong aluminum thing.

I have removed mine at least 3 times in the past 3 years, to epoxy it back together, sand, and repaint it after various damage. I used the opportunity to cut it apart, ad a smooth curved baffle to direct air onto the cooling fan in front of the oil cooler, and ad a rock screen. I made the curved baffle out of a Diet Coke can and it works great. Still holding up after 2 years of daily use.

A few tips that I use:
Use two long extensions to remove the horns/ horn bracket. Leave them attached to the bracket, and remove the whole thing at once.

Wear safety goggles to prevent chunks of dirt from falling into your eyes.

Replace all of the bolts that hold the long aluminum thing. I feel it ads a lot of strength to the front corner of the car in the event of an accident.

Do not bother to remove the bellows. It does not help at all, and the bolts can shear loose from the rubber, which will cause all sorts of frustration.

[jwetering]

Originally posted by Rick Lee
...it was hell... I'd rather rebuild my 993 steering rack than do this job again. No, add a root canal and then I might have to think about it. ..... it was no fun at all...I will never ever do this again. Gawd, it was hell. Tech article was just insulting.

I've done jobs like that...installing my front sway bar (improperly) comes to mind. First time I did my heat exchangers too. You have to laugh afterwards about just how awful the experience was. Builds character.

[charleskieffner]

wow i was seriously thinking about doing this modification for added cooling. opted out and had to spend more money by adding RUF front end and mongo oil cooler with aircraft lines and fittings tied into existing oil cooler. but after reading this thread i dont feel so bad building character some mornings after a very long night of wrenching and drinking miller-lites, and having to pick up all the tools i have thrown out into the dezert along with beer cans the following morning while neighbors look on! if there is anything i can do to bribe santa into bringing me a 4 post hydraulic lift tell me! tell me how much it cooled your car!

[turbo6bar]

You need someone with small hands. My car took less than five minutes with the aide of someone with small hands.

[charleskieffner]

ahhhh HA ..................little people!

[Richard C2S]

Frankly, after all of the effort, it really didn't do anything.

[tsuter]

Originally posted by Richard C2S
Frankly, after all of the effort, it really didn't do anything.

Exactly.. I can't believe these still get sold.....

[edward993]

Originally posted by Richard C2S
Frankly, after all of the effort, it really didn't do anything.

All it does is add a bit more airflow to a heat exchanger. I'm not trying to be contentious, but I'm not sure what you were expecting as it's not meant to perform cooling miracles. With a carrera-style cooler, the scoop adds a bit more flow ...and it helps!

Edward

[JMPRO]

Rick, sorry you had a hard time installing the oil cooler scoop. When the part was designed i had done some research and found that some cars had that aluminum bracket behind the bumper. That bracket shows up on some parts diagrams and not others. I could not pin down what cars had it and what cars didn't and actually out of over a thousand of these scoops sold this is only the third or fourth time i have heard of this.
Again, my apoligies for the difficult installation but i think you will see the differance in highway driving.
JMPRO

[rusnak]

The scoop does contribute to cooling when you add some internal ducting. As sold, there is no way it is going to work because the air isn't guided on to the fan. I have an '84 3.2 liter that came with the finned cooler, but without the factory fan. The cooler didn't come with the boss for the thermoelectric switch, so I added a fuse and a switch, then the fan. No THAT project was hell, but the scoop was a piece of cake.

[edward993]

Ducting, yes. Forgot to mention that. Without ducting, incoming cooling air will simply flow around and underneath the oil cooler instead of through it. I got some sheet metal from Home Depot and simply fabbed up some pieces to block "escape routes" and divert all incoming air through the cooler.

Edward