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Denny - as with Lee, my #2 oil temps are fine, about the same as #1.  #3 and 
#4 run the hottest for me but never a problem.  I take off with ram air so 
that I don't starve #1 and #3 of cooling air, which was a big factor before I 
discovered the benefits of ram air on take off.   I don't have any kind of 
scoop like Lee. 
 
I did learn that when mounting the cooler here, I had to mount it to the 
baffle only.  Originally I had a bracket between the lower part of the 
installed cooler and the cylinder head.  This made the installation very stiff 
(good, I thought) but cracked the cooler flange where the bracket attached. 
The cylinder head is moving in a different direction from the cooler and 
fatigue was the result.  The Beech Sundowner has the cooler similarly 
installed with no underside brace so we tried it, and after a year there's 
been no sign of a problem. 
 
Best, 
Ed de Chazal 
 
 
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