460 oil cooler lines
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I have a '87 460 4X4 with the factory oil filter re-angle thingy. It angles the oil filter out the front of the engine rather than straight down to the crossbeam. I noticed that it has some allen plugs in the side of the adapter for oil cooler lines. Anyone know what size these are, or where they different sizes? I thought I'd have to get an expesive setup for an engine oil cooler, but with the plugs already there, I'm just looking at hoses and a rad/condenser.
Any input?
Tony
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Tony
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460 oil cooler lines
>I have a '87 460 4X4 with the factory oil filter re-angle
>thingy. It angles the oil filter out the front of the
>engine rather than straight down to the crossbeam. I noticed
>that it has some allen plugs in the side of the adapter for
>oil cooler lines. Anyone know what size these are, or where
>they different sizes? I thought I'd have to get an expesive
>setup for an engine oil cooler, but with the plugs already
>there, I'm just looking at hoses and a rad/condenser.
>Any input?
>Tony
Hey, Tony, I've got a '96 460 with the same setup as yours...I think...And if your truck is the same as mine, it already has an oil cooler. Look carefully-
That block with the plugs that the oil filter screws on to-
Does the lower radiator hose go to it? And is there a second short radiator hose going from the other side into the engine block?
If so, you've already got the Ford built-in engine oil cooler. You don't need another one. That oil filter mounting block contains an oil-to-water heat exchanger and the oil heat is removed by the flow of coolant through the block via the lower radiator hose. It's a slick setup.
I'm curious, let me know if that's what you've got.
-Bill in Colorado
Two Easters Ranch
>thingy. It angles the oil filter out the front of the
>engine rather than straight down to the crossbeam. I noticed
>that it has some allen plugs in the side of the adapter for
>oil cooler lines. Anyone know what size these are, or where
>they different sizes? I thought I'd have to get an expesive
>setup for an engine oil cooler, but with the plugs already
>there, I'm just looking at hoses and a rad/condenser.
>Any input?
>Tony
Hey, Tony, I've got a '96 460 with the same setup as yours...I think...And if your truck is the same as mine, it already has an oil cooler. Look carefully-
That block with the plugs that the oil filter screws on to-
Does the lower radiator hose go to it? And is there a second short radiator hose going from the other side into the engine block?
If so, you've already got the Ford built-in engine oil cooler. You don't need another one. That oil filter mounting block contains an oil-to-water heat exchanger and the oil heat is removed by the flow of coolant through the block via the lower radiator hose. It's a slick setup.
I'm curious, let me know if that's what you've got.
-Bill in Colorado
Two Easters Ranch
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Thanks for the reply.
So far all that is on the truck is the oil filter adapter. The place where the oil lines should be coming out are plugged. Remember, this is an '87 truck. I've thought of having a auxilarry oil cooler in front of the radiator and then possibly run part of the oil line through the tranny cooler area of the engines radiator as a oil preheater in the winter, and to insure the oil doesn't get too cool in the winter either. I guess I'll just have to take the oil filter adapter off and check what size hoses and what fittings should be used.
Tony
So far all that is on the truck is the oil filter adapter. The place where the oil lines should be coming out are plugged. Remember, this is an '87 truck. I've thought of having a auxilarry oil cooler in front of the radiator and then possibly run part of the oil line through the tranny cooler area of the engines radiator as a oil preheater in the winter, and to insure the oil doesn't get too cool in the winter either. I guess I'll just have to take the oil filter adapter off and check what size hoses and what fittings should be used.
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460 oil cooler lines
>That block with the plugs that the oil filter screws on to-
>Does the lower radiator hose go to it? And is there a second
>short radiator hose going from the other side into the
>engine block?
No, it's just the oil filter angle adapter. I think the later trucks like yours, had a different setup. I've seen that mid '80's Vans with 460s had a traditional air to oil radiator in front of the engines radiator and thus I think this is that style.
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>If so, you've already got the Ford built-in engine oil
>cooler. You don't need another one. That oil filter mounting
>block contains an oil-to-water heat exchanger and the oil
>heat is removed by the flow of coolant through the block via
>the lower radiator hose. It's a slick setup.
>
>I'm curious, let me know if that's what you've got.
>
>-Bill in Colorado
>Two Easters Ranch
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