stupid blue egr cooler hose

slc6oh · Apr 29, 2016

so , the blue egr cooler hose on the truck is leaking... 1800 miles its made it, judging by the crusty coolant, its been leaking a little while, in the valley, down the back of the engine ect.

this is now, 3 times its been new and leaked at least a little bit. (this time being the worst) as the first two times I never even worried about it..
and this time, its not really dripping but maybe a drop every other week, but that's prob cause all the coolant is crusted up.

t.f am I doing wrong?

anyone had luck with a piece of hose and a couple clamps?

DEEZUZ · Apr 29, 2016

Is the aluminum eroded on the oil cooler housing

slc6oh · Apr 29, 2016

CTC DEEZUL said:
Is the aluminum eroded on the oil cooler housing

everything looked good, cant say I looked super close though.

drunk on diesel · Apr 29, 2016

You might try a higher quality EGR bypass pipe.

The J pipes harmonic and cause leaks at the blue hose.

slc6oh · Apr 29, 2016

Its the factory international cooler....

DEEZUZ · Apr 29, 2016

I've got like 5 egr connectors, don't buy another

slc6oh · Apr 29, 2016

UNLESS!!!!

Having it not connected to the up pipe is somehow screwing me

DEEZUZ · Apr 29, 2016

Use dielectric grease on the seals upon install. It only goes one way also

slc6oh · Apr 29, 2016

I mean, could it be not clocked right, and just needs twisted around?

DEEZUZ · Apr 29, 2016

It needs to click into place on the oil cooler

slc dzl · Apr 30, 2016

Can do a delta line and reroute it to the degas bottle

DEEZUZ · Apr 30, 2016

do you have a cooler still in place for inspection? If so, is the 8mm bolt still supporting the rear of the cooler from the intake manifold?

slc6oh · Apr 30, 2016

yeah, and yeah the little 8mm guy is there.

slc6oh · Apr 30, 2016

slc dzl said:
Can do a delta line and reroute it to the degas bottle

interested in learning more about this....

drunk on diesel · May 1, 2016

slc6oh said:
yeah, and yeah the little 8mm guy is there.

but it's not clamped to the up-pipe, correct?

slc6oh · May 1, 2016

drunk on diesel said:
but it's not clamped to the up-pipe, correct?

Correct. All bolts and **** are there, just not vbanded to the up pipe

slc6oh · May 21, 2016

Well, new blue hose on and still leaks... If not worse now, nipple for oil cooler adapter deal looked fine, what are my options for keeping cooler in place, but maybe doing away with the coolant to the cooler? Or does a piece of straight hose and clamps work

slc6oh · May 21, 2016

will just a piece of hose and a couple clamps in place of the ford quick connect deal work? will it seal on the oil cooler side wit those ramps there on it for the stock style hose?

after messing with it some, its almost like the pipe coming off the oil cooler is not as straight as should be or something, holding that blue hose just crooked enough to not seal.