oil cooler temporary fix
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oil cooler temporary fix
dose anyone know if there is a oil pressure plug or port i can hi-jack to adapt a air to fluid plat cooler just to help with the temps till i get the cash to full tear down so atleast 3/8 or larger im thinking a 5/8 port would be great but i don't want to starve anything of oil doing this and yes i see the kits but that's not the $$ i have to spend thanks for any info
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yes ive flush it out with almost 200gallons of distilled water and its better but i need to haul and not stop cause my oil is climbing ill get it to work just need one pressure spot of oil so i can feed it
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That's alot of distilled water....but you can't back flush with distilled water.
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actualy i used a pump and did alot of work and its just got to be fixed i know this i think i answered my own problem im going to slap one of these in and tap my oil pan and hook up a plate cooler that way i don't starve anything and modify my block so how eazy is the oil pan to pull with in truck ? with scissor suspension 2x6
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and i fully plan on full rebuild when i do get the money to fix it right only oil coor issu now so for 300 bucks make it last awhile longer so i can finish makeing payments and have the money to do it right and who know it might work better than we think
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The '03 EGR coolers hold up better than the square one on the laters models. However, if your oil cooler has blockage in the coolant passages, you risk the EGR cooler rupturing. The coolant goes through the oil cooler - cools the oil - then leaves there and goes directly to the EGR cooler. Inadequate coolant flow through the EGR cooler can cause the EGR cooler to get very hot from the exhaust running through it. It can get so hot it cracks internally, and you have coolant going in the intake via the exhaust path, then it goes into the combustion chamber....then bad things happen.
Just a heads up....I don't know if you knew that.
Just a heads up....I don't know if you knew that.
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If you doing the work yourself, the oil cooler kit with gaskets is only $250. If you want new gaskets for EGR cooler and intake add another $140. With no EGR cooler/delete, STC fitting or standpipes/dummy plugs on your early engine, fixing it with factory parts may be less expensive than you are thinking.
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lol factory parts for this motor are a joak and i have EGT temps that i watch closely im not spending 500-1000$ just to fix a 125$ oil cooler the oil is a issie in this truck i think we can all agree yes i know my egr is at risk but if i pull anything off i might as well go full out studs injectors turbo work u name it but im not going to put new gaskets and everything now just to be scraping them off when my headgasket goes the truck has 240000 miles anyways im not asking for a cheap fix just one to get me throu the work i have ... ive figured it out and ill post a whole vido and pic of what why and how im doing this and in the end all it is is a stand alone oil pump /dule simi truck filter and huge simi truck iol cooler so worst case my oil will be cooler and cleaner than anyone elses period i seem to have found that this site is used to working with pepole that dont know the diff between a 1/2 and a 13mm its kool but thanks for the help guys !
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lol factory parts for this motor are a joak and i have EGT temps that i watch closely im not spending 500-1000$ just to fix a 125$ oil cooler the oil is a issie in this truck i think we can all agree yes i know my egr is at risk but if i pull anything off i might as well go full out studs injectors turbo work u name it but im not going to put new gaskets and everything now just to be scraping them off when my headgasket goes the truck has 240000 miles anyways im not asking for a cheap fix just one to get me throu the work i have ... ive figured it out and ill post a whole vido and pic of what why and how im doing this and in the end all it is is a stand alone oil pump /dule simi truck filter and huge simi truck iol cooler so worst case my oil will be cooler and cleaner than anyone elses period i seem to have found that this site is used to working with pepole that dont know the diff between a 1/2 and a 13mm its kool but thanks for the help guys !
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well as an update i believe i got my oil cooler unclogged theirs a plate behind the oil filter and once jimmed from under the turbo via T-35 bit with wrench and some tape 
low and behold oil cooler so after seeing that it was 100% pluged so i figured id try an old radiator fix now i dont want to hear that it dose this or that its done and ill let u know what happens but i mixed up some meratic acid and tested a few coolant pieces aka(rubber hose some plate and cast stuff and a old gasket and saw almost no effect on any of it after a good rinse..... so at 15cc a shot i poured it strait into the oil cooler and boy it foamed and foamed for 10 mins then id trickel water to dilute once safe id stick the hose in the hole and give it full prussure after 5-10 times it was flowing as much water as was going in so poped it back together and have not seen a temp go past 222 coolent holds 190-188 and oil after warmed and running float about 216 but stays at 188-198 fro a good long time now i know it might be runied but then i have an excuse to pull it apart 
and i still plan on doing the oil bypass cooler as an ACC ill update
low and behold oil cooler so after seeing that it was 100% pluged so i figured id try an old radiator fix now i dont want to hear that it dose this or that its done and ill let u know what happens but i mixed up some meratic acid and tested a few coolant pieces aka(rubber hose some plate and cast stuff and a old gasket and saw almost no effect on any of it after a good rinse..... so at 15cc a shot i poured it strait into the oil cooler and boy it foamed and foamed for 10 mins then id trickel water to dilute once safe id stick the hose in the hole and give it full prussure after 5-10 times it was flowing as much water as was going in so poped it back together and have not seen a temp go past 222 coolent holds 190-188 and oil after warmed and running float about 216 but stays at 188-198 fro a good long time now i know it might be runied but then i have an excuse to pull it apart and i still plan on doing the oil bypass cooler as an ACC ill update
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I have no idea WTF you just said.
I'm guessing you removed the coolant outlet cover on the oil filter base and backflushed from there? The cover over the nipple that attaches to the EGR cooler hose?
I'm guessing you removed the coolant outlet cover on the oil filter base and backflushed from there? The cover over the nipple that attaches to the EGR cooler hose?