I really dont want a full oil bypass system like the BulletProof, I just want a replacement for the OEM Ford Oil cooler.

I know Ford made an upgraded Oil Cooler but what other aftermarket choices do I have for a performance oil cooler.

I rarely tow and just dont push the engine too much

Thanks in advance
Alan from San Diego

 

Is your current cooler plugged or showing signs of plugging? (higher delta temps between EOT and ECT).

If it were me I'd flush the coolant side as good as I could (there's some excellent write-ups on how to do this in the Tech folder) and then I'd go with the upgraded Ford cooler and ELC with a bypass coolant filter and not look back. I think that's plenty for folks like us...

 

Anyone heard of these from IPR research??

IPResearch High Flow Oil Cooler Kit for Ford 6.0 Powerstroke

Alan

 

I have looked into those, and the word that I found was that they don't actually cool very well, as evidenced by their web site where they don't recommend it for towing in hills. That makes it a NON-performance cooler in my book. I don't know about you, but I always tow in hills it seems, my most common tow is basically 1,000 miles of up a big hill, down a big hill, repeat till nauseous...

What I believe is that the factory oil cooler is perfectly fine until it starts to clog up, and clogging up isn't really it's fault. Swap in a new OEM, change the coolant, put in a new EGR cooler while you have it open, and add a coolant filter, and put another couple hundred thousand miles on...

Brian

 

imo oem is the way to go if your a diy guy

 

I agree with the rest of the Guys get an OEM Oil Cooler

And Flush the cooling system many many times with cleaners Install a coolant filter and run a couple thousand miles if you can give it time to filter junk out

Then flush a Bunch more again only this time change the Oil Cooler out

The KEY Here is to flush all the Garbage out the cooling system before you put the new oil cooler in.
With a Clean cooling system and a coolant filter to catch anything else that breaks free Odds are HIGH you wont ever have to worrey about it again

I spent as much or MORE time just doing flushes than it took to change the oil cooler.
Looks like it paid off its been 15K since and the spread is the same as the day the Oil Cooler was new