That is interesting. We have had three in-flight fires because
of oil coolers splitting. One was fatal. I assumed they were
cheap Chinese oil cooler bought from Griffin rad. I had
no idea Setrab coolers also split in aircraft service.

Chuck Harbert's 20b in the tail of a Velocity did have the
Chinese oil cooler from Griffin and had in flight ruptures
and fires ... TWICE. Why he replaced the first one with
another just like it I will never understand. After the second
fire he gave up on the 20b.

David

 
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