Looking for Clear Answer On Doorman Oil Cooler
#31
01-27-2014, 10:54 AM
Tuned
#32
01-27-2014, 11:29 AM
I posted an earlier response to the Dorman oil cooler question, and my initial response was dead wrong.
THEY ARE F*****G GARBAGE!!
Without going into any details about symptons, here's the 10K mile update:
Hope this clears it up for everyone.
Nothing got past the sump screen under the cooler. IPR screen was clean; however oil and coolant mixed.
As a mechanical engineer myself for over 25 years, what's every bit as important as mechanical fitment is material selection. Dorman severely failed in perhaps the most fundamental aspect of the design, and in perhaps the least expensive part of the manufacturing process.
I have the Motorcraft oil cooler in now, along with 8 new motorcraft injectors which I planned to do this winter.
Truck is running great.
THEY ARE F*****G GARBAGE!!
Without going into any details about symptons, here's the 10K mile update:
Hope this clears it up for everyone.
Nothing got past the sump screen under the cooler. IPR screen was clean; however oil and coolant mixed.
As a mechanical engineer myself for over 25 years, what's every bit as important as mechanical fitment is material selection. Dorman severely failed in perhaps the most fundamental aspect of the design, and in perhaps the least expensive part of the manufacturing process.
I have the Motorcraft oil cooler in now, along with 8 new motorcraft injectors which I planned to do this winter.
Truck is running great.
#33
01-27-2014, 01:41 PM
Iv been Looking for this thread
All I can figure is Dorman didn't understand the Oil Cooler and they thought that particular seal was for Coolant Not Oil
So with Josh Pictures I guess its safe to Assume the symbol on the bottom of the oil cooler is a Dorman Symbol. Someone thought that VR may have had some oil coolers out there was why I wondered
All I can figure is Dorman didn't understand the Oil Cooler and they thought that particular seal was for Coolant Not Oil
So with Josh Pictures I guess its safe to Assume the symbol on the bottom of the oil cooler is a Dorman Symbol. Someone thought that VR may have had some oil coolers out there was why I wondered
#34
01-27-2014, 01:46 PM
I think Anthony has been changing the gaskets to FORD and reusing the Dorman coolers on a few trucks the owners could Not afford a OEM Cooler at that time
I guess will see
at this point the price difference isn't worth the risk
#35
01-27-2014, 03:26 PM
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I posted an earlier response to the Dorman oil cooler question, and my initial response was dead wrong.
THEY ARE F*****G GARBAGE!!
Without going into any details about symptons, here's the 10K mile update:
As a mechanical engineer myself for over 25 years, what's every bit as important as mechanical fitment is material selection.
Dorman severely failed in perhaps the most fundamental aspect of the design, and in perhaps the least expensive part of the manufacturing process.
I have the Motorcraft oil cooler in now, along with 8 new motorcraft injectors which I planned to do this winter.
Truck is running great.
THEY ARE F*****G GARBAGE!!
Without going into any details about symptons, here's the 10K mile update:
As a mechanical engineer myself for over 25 years, what's every bit as important as mechanical fitment is material selection.
Dorman severely failed in perhaps the most fundamental aspect of the design, and in perhaps the least expensive part of the manufacturing process.
I have the Motorcraft oil cooler in now, along with 8 new motorcraft injectors which I planned to do this winter.
Truck is running great.
This has become a very big problem when someone uses the wrong material for a part
to save a few ¢ on a project or is just greedy and subtitles a non approved part for lets
say an aircraft used in the military. That last one did happen. Contractor used a really
cheap seal in place of a very expensive one to supply for helicopter transmissions. It
was not holding up to what it was exposed to.
So what was learned from that? Know your souse and don't buy critical parts from
unknown souses
BTW they busted the contract supplier and now he (at least I hope) he is making big rocks into
little rocks. But sadly most likely he is still selling to government contract jobs.
But back to the main point. A little thing like a 50¢ seal can take out an expensive project.
Think what would of happened had this been a space suit. Or your space suit!
Sean
#36
01-28-2014, 12:02 AM
Oh boy,,, hindsight is a ****** huh???
Ok,, I've actually only reused a dorman cooler on Val n Shannon's truck. The last one I did talk the customer out of reusing it. It's very easy to suggest stuff when it isn't my money,, but I can't give stuff away. Best I can do is educate them as best I can.
#38
01-28-2014, 10:43 AM
Tuned
Morton-Thiokol,1986: An O-ring fault in an MTI SRB http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-51-L in flight. The company is found at fault for the destruction of the Challenger and deaths of the astronauts
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