belgiumbarry
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does anybody have a oil cooler setup besides or in place of the heat exchanger oil/water we have stock ?
OIL COOLER
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belgiumbarry
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ZCx said:
after reading ChuckB's posts i 'm thinking :
i would install a air/oil cooler ( in front without fans ) and routing the "hot" oil trough it FIRST and then back to the stock oil/water exchanger...
IF the extra cooler doens't cool enough , the exchanger can do the rest as now stock...
IF the extra cooler cools "to much" , the exchanger will work the other way around and heat the oil back to "normal working" temperatures... and helping our waterradiator by taken away some heat from the watercircuit...
what you think :dontknow:
Chuck B
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OR......you can install a real oil cooler on passenger side of the radiator. During hot weather simply remove the plastic shroud in the grill allowing direct air flow over the oil cooler. In cool/cold weather install the plastic shroud keeping direct airflow off the cooler.
Mine hasn't been tested in our desert heat yet but with shroud in place my oil temps have stayed the same in our cooler weather Phx is now experiencing. Sorry, but yes low 40'sF is cold around here! What I did notice was instead of taking 6-7 miles of easy driving before my oil temps would begin to come up its about 10-12 miles before temp gauge shows heat.
Remember, the factory exchanger is just that....an exchanger. If you run oil thorough a separate cooler but then back to the exchanger your oil is now exchanging heat with your water. Last I checked water temps are generally higher than you'd want your oil to be at. I believe the factory's intention was to get the oil temps up quickly thus use an exchanger with the coolant.
My sole intention with my setup was to prevent the ECU from killing power when the truck gets too hot. During our summers it only takes a little stop and go traffic and a couple WOT starts to get the ECU to take over and kill HP. IMHO....oil temp gauge and water temp gauge is all relative however when the ECU kills power you know your engine is running on the hot side.
Mine hasn't been tested in our desert heat yet but with shroud in place my oil temps have stayed the same in our cooler weather Phx is now experiencing. Sorry, but yes low 40'sF is cold around here! What I did notice was instead of taking 6-7 miles of easy driving before my oil temps would begin to come up its about 10-12 miles before temp gauge shows heat.
Remember, the factory exchanger is just that....an exchanger. If you run oil thorough a separate cooler but then back to the exchanger your oil is now exchanging heat with your water. Last I checked water temps are generally higher than you'd want your oil to be at. I believe the factory's intention was to get the oil temps up quickly thus use an exchanger with the coolant.
My sole intention with my setup was to prevent the ECU from killing power when the truck gets too hot. During our summers it only takes a little stop and go traffic and a couple WOT starts to get the ECU to take over and kill HP. IMHO....oil temp gauge and water temp gauge is all relative however when the ECU kills power you know your engine is running on the hot side.
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