oil temp and coolant temp for 6.0

junglejoe · Mar 10, 2015

Ok, seems I might have a situation here. I have a SCT Livewire and monitor the oil temp and the coolant temp. Seems the oil driving down the road at a steady pace is running between 196-202 degrees. The coolant is 176-180 degrees. Is this a sign of oil cooler problems or stuck thermostat? Even around town the oil is hovering near 200 degrees and the temp sometimes is 180-190. Outside temp has been in the low 60's

Thought I read somewhere there shouldn't be over 15* difference on a steady pace?

Barnard10 · Mar 10, 2015

My oil is about 192ish and coolant is looking about 158 :shrug:

Irontx · Mar 10, 2015

Oil temp is spot on. My money is on the thermostat.

DEEZUZ · Mar 10, 2015

Needs a stat.

junglejoe · Mar 11, 2015

That's what I was thinking, AND hoping too. Most of the time around town the coolant temp is at around 170ish

GatorBaitR6 · Mar 11, 2015

yea big on the and hoping lol...

junglejoe · Mar 11, 2015

GatorBaitR6 said:
yea big on the and hoping lol...

You got that right! lol

junglejoe · Mar 11, 2015

I got a thermostat for the truck, haven't put it in yet, to busy and tired after work... BUT.. I looked in the d-gas bottle, there is lumps of oil! Not a whole lot, but you can clearly see it! Now, I do know that the previous owned had ford put a new oil cooler on it. Is it possible they just didn't flush it out good?

With that being said... IF I need to do the oid cooler, and of course the the egr delete... whats the average price for this to have it done? Not sure I want to attempt this. I have built motors and Harley motors.. but I know nothing about the diesel world.

junglejoe · Mar 12, 2015

Found a local shop about 20 miles from me.. CHIT the price they want to do this. Went out in the garage and looked at my tools.. HMMMM!

I'll try the thermostat this weekend first though. Because driving down the interstate the coolant temp is only 175ish. BUT, shouldn't the oil be that cool too? Told the dude on the phone what it was doing, he was quick to say " yep, it definitely needs an oil cooler"

GatorBaitR6 · Mar 12, 2015

If you having any mechanical knowledge above the average you can get it done in a weekend easily.. I personally was too scared and had someone do it but I watched most of it done and cried at the fact that I didn't just buck up and do it myself...

junglejoe · Mar 12, 2015

Well chit... guess I could do it... $1600 price tag is hard to swallow!

Irontx · Mar 12, 2015

junglejoe said:
Found a local shop about 20 miles from me.. CHIT the price they want to do this. Went out in the garage and looked at my tools.. HMMMM!

I'll try the thermostat this weekend first though. Because driving down the interstate the coolant temp is only 175ish. BUT, shouldn't the oil be that cool too? Told the dude on the phone what it was doing, he was quick to say " yep, it definitely needs an oil cooler"

So what.... just completely discounts the fact that your truck never reaches operating temperature? !?!?!? The oil is still holding the perfect temp. Is it climbing into the 240+ range?!?#? That's when I know I have a clogged one. LOL LOL ect sits at about 215 and eot get close to 250... :doh:

junglejoe · Mar 12, 2015

Irontx said:
So what.... just completely discounts the fact that your truck never reaches operating temperature? !?!?!? The oil is still holding the perfect temp. Is it climbing into the 240+ range?!?#? That's when I know I have a clogged one. LOL LOL ect sits at about 215 and eot get close to 250... :doh:

Oh no Irontx... I read you loud and clear! The thing is the oil clumps I see in the D-gas bottle. I'm DEFINATELY doing the thermostat and flushing the coolant system FIRST! It could be that ford never flushed the coolant when they done the cooler for the previous owner.. which wasn't very many miles ago. So thermostat and flush first!
Oil has NEVER even reached 215 I don't believe.

I bought the truck this winter, so now it's getting warm out side, kinda alarming seeing that oil that warm. BUT now I understand that's normal. Appreciate the info!

Irontx · Mar 12, 2015

junglejoe said:
Oh no Irontx... I read you loud and clear! The thing is the oil clumps I see in the D-gas bottle. I'm DEFINATELY doing the thermostat and flushing the coolant system FIRST! It could be that ford never flushed the coolant when they done the cooler for the previous owner.. which wasn't very many miles ago. So thermostat and flush first!
Oil has NEVER even reached 215 I don't believe.

I bought the truck this winter, so now it's getting warm out side, kinda alarming seeing that oil that warm. BUT now I understand that's normal. Appreciate the info!

I hear ya man. Emulsified oil is never a good thing. They could have done the quicko flush and left a bunch in there.

GatorBaitR6 · Mar 13, 2015

Irontx said:
I hear ya man. Emulsified oil is never a good thing. They could have done the quicko flush and left a bunch in there.

Wouldn't surprise me if a stealership did a **** job...

junglejoe · Mar 13, 2015

GatorbaitR6 the stealerships are the last place I go to. Nothing but thieves! It amazes me the chit they get by with.

GatorBaitR6 · Mar 13, 2015

Yup I found me a good shop in CT and besides Brian at BTS they are the only ones to touch my truck since I've had her... Now the only problem is I got sent to VA... :bs:

junglejoe · Mar 13, 2015

Couple shots of inside the dgas bottle

Lyrch · Mar 20, 2015

My temps got out of range last year. I got the all the parts from Absolute performance, it was around 800 for oil cooler, egr delete, and coolant filter. I did all the work in one weekend. It wasn't that bad of a job. I haven't had any problems since I did the work.