Ok folks,, Got a serious situation here! Just got back froma 250 mile trip, truck was and IS running great. I had planned on doing the oil cooler this coming weekend because of 45 degree deltas. But anyway, got back home and checked everything, pulled the degas bottle cap off and DAMN!!! Black oil in there, like black coffee!! real runny too! Doesn't smell like fuel... Where is everyone getting the upgraded OEM oil coolers from? Need it here by Friday.. This is probably a dumb question, but will it hurt to drive around town until this weekend?
Castastrophic oil cooler ruptured!!? and egr cooler
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Go to your local ford Dealer and get a oil cooler kit. If you havent done put the updated stc fitting in its a good time to do it as well. Feel all the coolant hose and check to make sure none of them are incredible soft. Park it till you fix it. Id recommend pulling out the thermostat and and preform multiple flushes and drives after you intsall the new cooler. You will never get all the oil out but more the better.
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As long as you still have an oil filter stand pipe, you're probably fine 
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Hot oil can do a number on injector o-rings, seals, etc
Unhook the bottom hose on the degas bottle before you drain it, that will keep all the oil in the bottle from going back in to the system. I always just let the bottom hose loose too instead of using the petcock. After repair use a cup of dawn dish soap and straight water flush it a few times like that and it should be fine.
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At least it doesn't look like a milkshake yet. That's when it gets hard to clean out.
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After you fix it flush it out several times putting about 1/2 gallon of simple green in with water to top it.off. i usually run about 2 gallons of simple green yhrough on each truck that comes in like that. And if you decide to re hose it, which i would highly recommend, do it before you change the hoses.
It has the milkshake in it already from when previous owner had ford do an egr and oil cooler, They did NOT clean it out. Now, I have to deal with it.I just replaced the radiator and degas bottle not even 2000 miles ago and flushed and flushed and flushed before I changed them. Now this chit!
One of the hoses under the degas bottle was almost completely clogged with gunk from the previous oil cooler failure.
It must have ruptured not far from the house being its just black oil? Oil temps stayed at 225ish most of the way while coolant tempos was 175ish
One other thing, should I just weld up the ends of the egr cooler? or just put another new one in or ?
One of the hoses under the degas bottle was almost completely clogged with gunk from the previous oil cooler failure.
It must have ruptured not far from the house being its just black oil? Oil temps stayed at 225ish most of the way while coolant tempos was 175ish
One other thing, should I just weld up the ends of the egr cooler? or just put another new one in or ?
I got the oil cooler separated from the housing, How do you tell if its ruptured? I don't see any visible cracks or anything..? Just trying to figure out why and how that much oil got in the degas bottle.
Also, is there a way to tell if the egr cooler is good or bad? I'm going to have it welded anyway, so does it matter?
So once I get the oil cooler, is there ANYTHING else I need to get? Intake gaskets? O-rings? Brand new to this, so that's why I'm asking questions.
Also, is there a way to tell if the egr cooler is good or bad? I'm going to have it welded anyway, so does it matter?
So once I get the oil cooler, is there ANYTHING else I need to get? Intake gaskets? O-rings? Brand new to this, so that's why I'm asking questions.
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If there's coolant or wetness in the egr cooler on the exhaust side then it's ruptured.
You won't be able to see where the oil cooler is ruptured, its internal.
I'd get an intake gasket kit from Oreilly's. It'll include some extra gaskets we like to replace. The big o ring on the front cover is only available in an expensive kit from ford. It's included in the Oreilly intake gasket kit. You might want to get a turbo install kit from ford.
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The ford stuff aint too terribly priced but is probably a bunch more than oreillys. I think the intake gaskets are 110 for the pair, and the egr cooler gasket/turbo hardware combo bag is about 100. I am always very hesitant going with aftermarket, as ive been ***ked too many times, but thats just my opinion...
Im not a fan personally. A factory cooler and a coolant filter will be reliable as long as you keep up on maintenance without yhe added headaches of extra stuff in yhe engine compartment to get damaged, or leak, or extra heat sources up front. Thi is just my opinion again though.... Plus they are rather pricey. But yes, if you were gonna do it, now would be the time.
What is the turbo install kit? I'm glad I asked because This could have been a huge mistake on my part.. I thought you just reuse all the old stuff, except the oil cooler gaskets.
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