DIY Oil Cooler $600 Max In Parts GO!
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DIY Oil Cooler $600 Max In Parts GO!
Well I'm committed, got my Setrab 40 row cooler yesterday, on to the Hastings oil filter and housing, and thermostat, then start tearing down, if anyone would like pics, I can post. I'm figuring $600 in parts and if you don't mind getting your hands dirty you'll really be saving over the $2000 price of kits on the market.
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I'm gonna use the existing housing and either weld bungs in it or tap it, but since I have a van with an external frame mounted filter I may tap into the lines going to it if they are big enough, I'll know better when I get in there but will have most of the parts ready. I'm going pretty close to what fellow member Hubler did on his, and gotta thank him for his DIY with pics. The only difference would be I'm using a thermostat, which he talked abt. adding don't know if he ever did, and he used a plate initially, but went to the tapped oil housing later on in his build.
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From what I understand, and mind you I haven't dug in there yet, I will remove the old cooler and block it off so there will be no coolant going thru it, I'm thinking whatever fed the coolant to it will be blocked or diverted and I'm left with a shell of an oil cooler housing containing only oil. From what I saw on Hublers and a few other guys doing there own the coolant passages were blocked with freeze out plugs, or welded caps and i'm doing an EGR delete at the same time. And I appreciate all the feedback you guys can give me, even if it's a little discouraging, I want all the education I can before getting in there. I'm new to the 6.0 was a 7.3 guy before.
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Hubler made a delete plate out of aluminum. Also I don't think its wise to dead end a coolant passage. It needs to flow or it will boil in place. Making a delete plate is the only thing holding me back off of the project. And it is very nessisary if your going to do it.
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Here's the pic showing oil and coolant flow, if it opens!
http://www.powerstroke.org/forum/att...cooler-pic.jpg
Now I see he said he left his cooler in so it would still flow, why not just remove it, where does the coolant come from that feeds that OE cooler?
This guy blocked his, another nice build.
http://www.powerstroke.org/forum/gen...ss-filter.html
http://www.powerstroke.org/forum/att...cooler-pic.jpg
Now I see he said he left his cooler in so it would still flow, why not just remove it, where does the coolant come from that feeds that OE cooler?
This guy blocked his, another nice build.
http://www.powerstroke.org/forum/gen...ss-filter.html
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If you block coolant flow through the oil cooler, you will be creating the problem that you seem to be trying to fix. A blocked up oil cooler starving the EGR cooler of coolant. If you have deleted the EGR cooler, then you can block the flow of coolant through that entire path without any concern that I can see.
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If you block coolant flow through the oil cooler, you will be creating the problem that you seem to be trying to fix. A blocked up oil cooler starving the EGR cooler of coolant. If you have deleted the EGR cooler, then you can block the flow of coolant through that entire path without any concern that I can see.
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I have my turbo off, ready to remove the intake, does anyone know the path of coolant. From what I can see via coffee table book, coolant comes from a port in the block up thru the oil cooler/filter base, thru the oil cooler, then out of the base into the EGR cooler, thru the EGR cooler, into the coolant passage of the intake manifold, and then into the front cover, so I'm thinking if I block the port in the block so coolant can't flow into the base, then block the intake where the EGR cooler attaches, and block the intake to housing union where the big O ring is I should be OK. Will this stop all flow of coolant to intake, or will the intake still have coolant flow via heads /ports, or do I somehow need to keep this flow going, don't want to totally cut off the coolant flow and have a problem. I think it will be Ok, someone chime in if not.
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I have my turbo off, ready to remove the intake, does anyone know the path of coolant. From what I can see via coffee table book, coolant comes from a port in the block up thru the oil cooler/filter base, thru the oil cooler, then out of the base into the EGR cooler, thru the EGR cooler, into the coolant passage of the intake manifold, and then into the front cover, so I'm thinking if I block the port in the block so coolant can't flow into the base, then block the intake where the EGR cooler attaches, and block the intake to housing union where the big O ring is I should be OK. Will this stop all flow of coolant to intake, or will the intake still have coolant flow via heads /ports, or do I somehow need to keep this flow going, don't want to totally cut off the coolant flow and have a problem. I think it will be Ok, someone chime in if not.
prevent problem if blocking the flow is a issue.
JIMBOB another redneck with an opinion
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I've already got a coolant filter hooked in, don't know if I could plumb from the housing to the intake to keep that flow going, I have to look a little closer, but was looking for some input from someone who may have been there already, but you do bring up a good point, if i didn't already have one hooked up it could be plumbed in.