Oil Cooler Replacement Without Removing Turbo, Intake, Etc?

[Donnie1]

Can it be done?

The reason I ask is I did my EGR delete and Oil Coller replacement last yr and on occasion the truck would get hot. My deltas are also anywhere from 5-20 differnece at times. I have changed the coolant filter several times and with the exception of one time, has always been fairly clean.

Yesterday the wife was pulling a horse trailer running 70-75 and it got hot a couple of times, by hot I mean the ECT went to 230 and then back down. The oil temp was hot as well. She slowed to 65 and it seemed to be ok. She added about a gal of water when she got to where she was going after it cooled down.

I should also add that this summer when we moved and I was pulling a gooseneck stock trailer about 30 miles one way several times, it hit the 230 mark as well. I added about a gal of of CAT ELC and all was well. I assumed that because I had changed about 4 coolant filters and not added fluid that that was the reason for the low level.

Any one else heard of this?

At times when just having parked and shutting off, you can smell coolant up front but no leaks.

 

[F-250-Owner]

do you have studs yet? If not, I would look at doing them with some fresh gaskets, and do the oil cooler while its down for that.... rockauto has the dorman oil cooler kit for 144 bucks right now.

 

[Donnie1]

Not studded yet. I did the oil cooler and EGR delete last Oct. It was a brand new Ford oil cooler.

I think Ill trade it before I sink alot of money into it. Don't have the time nor the money.

 

[F-250-Owner]

it will need to be torn down to do the oil cooler again... I really dont think thats the issue.... the coolant that you are losing is going somewhere.... and it never goes anywhere good when it escapes. I ran mine for awile on bad head gaskets, it drank alot of water until I got it done.....

 

[Donnie1]

it will need to be torn down to do the oil cooler again... I really dont think thats the issue.... the coolant that you are losing is going somewhere.... and it never goes anywhere good when it escapes. I ran mine for awile on bad head gaskets, it drank alot of water until I got it done.....

Yep, that's what I'm afraid of.

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