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Oct 15, 2008 | 10:29 PM

Dan Steinmetz

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From: Selah Washington

Oil leak...need help

My 97 is leaking oil (and fuel but that later). The mess is on the drivers side. Everthing is coated from the front of the motor to the tranny. There is oil all over the oil filter and it has dripped down all over the front axle. It looks like it may be coming from the oil cooler. I did a search here and found several posts and descriptions on rebuilding the oil cooler. My question is when these things leak where on the cooler do you usually see the oil coming from? Mine looks to be comming from the area where the cooler attaches to the block. Is that the usual spot?

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Dan

Oct 15, 2008 | 10:39 PM

RubberDuck

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Dan, I haven't done one but I've bought a couple spare motors and took them off. But I think that can be a trouble spot. And other than draining the coolant, it doesn't look to be that hard of a job. Are you sure a valvecover gasket hasn't failed? And for the life of me, I can't remember who posted about rebuilding one. Hopefully they will chime in.

Oct 16, 2008 | 12:23 AM

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Here are some part numbers. I don't recall who originally posted them.

Rog

Do a search on here for oil cooler. There have been several threads with how to's.

For parts (from thedwilson):

Oil Cooler Housing,filter end 94-97; Updated snap ring retained check valve
(Ford)F81Z-6881-BA
Oil Cooler housing, Front, 94-97
(Ford) F4TZ-6881-B
Oil Cooler Housing Gasket (front)
(Ford) F7TZ-6A636-AAA ???
(International) 1831666C1
Oil Cooler Housing Gasket (rear; oil filter end)
(Ford) F4TZ-6A636-AA (97-up)
(Ford) F4TZ-6A636-B (96-before)
(International) 1831665C1
Oil Cooler O-Rings (one each to seal cooler at each header)
(Ford) 1C3Z-6C610-BA
(Ford) 1C3Z-6K649-BA
(International) 1807563-C1, Inner
(International) 1804414-C1 Outer
See "O-Rings" for Individual O-Ring sizes
Oil Cooler Tube / Core
(Ford) 1C3Z-6A642-AA