Interesting Oil Temp finding...

powerlifter405

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Here is the interesting part...

Water and Oil temps dropped about 4*-7*... I would not have thought that a little mesh would effect oil and water temps that much, but its quite clear it did!

My cousin installed some sort of similar grill on his F150 and the following weekend did a road trip and started to panic after seeing his temps near the 'red' zone on the gauges. no change besides the grill insert.
 

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About a 10 mile drive from the RV park to the jobsite. Water held at 190* or so, oil temp at about 200* or so.
 

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I can maintain 225-230 with the factory sensor in the reservior running unloaded at 80 MPH down the highway for 2 hours straight. It cools back down to 210 at slower speeds. I have a half filled block though.
 

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I had to run back to the RV last night so I switched the scan gauge to oil temp (which reads from the res...). Oil temp was 189 and coolant temp was 190... I'm going to swap the oil temp sensor this week and see if maybe there is an issue with that particular sensor or something else.
 

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was the original temps after a longer drive?
maybe see what the temp is by the filter if you can

seemed like your old temps had a pretty big jump there.
just curious.
 

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I also installed a 180 T-Stat from Joey this last winter, in prepration for this summer's excursions.....we are now about 3,000 miles into it, and there is NO WAY I would go back to a different thermostat..... I also did a 6.0 fan, (on the '97 7.3 Viscous Drive clutch), and between these two little mods, the truck now cools like it Should have from Ford.

in cold country, I would be running a Factory 'Stat.....we are out here on the West Coast where there is lots of sun and lots of REAL hills......like 12-15 MILES of 6-7 %

and all I do with this rig is tow my 5er.

oil temp now runs about 200 deg cruising along the flat.

oh yeah....and take all the crap out from in front of your radiator...... if you NEED a bug screen, use screen that was Designed for bug screen, it's designed to NOT restrict the airflow....

wanted more air thru my radiator....here's my "Bumper Mod" .....

"Let There Be AIR ". ......
 

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That's very interesting. I've got an 05' honeycomb grille on my pickup, and Saturday, in 90* ambient temps, I was seeing 218-220* oil temps. This was towing about 17k, on mostly flat ground, in 5th gear. Jumping up to 6th, approximately 10-15 mph faster, I'd see 228-231*.
I have no idea what the t-stat is, probably 192*?
Might be worth dropping to the 180*.
 

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That's very interesting. I've got an 05' honeycomb grille on my pickup, and Saturday, in 90* ambient temps, I was seeing 218-220* oil temps. This was towing about 17k, on mostly flat ground, in 5th gear. Jumping up to 6th, approximately 10-15 mph faster, I'd see 228-231*.
I have no idea what the t-stat is, probably 192*?
Might be worth dropping to the 180*.

I'm not sold yet, but I am interested. Going home this weekend will be the true test. I will more then likely have to switch back in the winter, but for summer driving it seems to fit the bill.
 

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CSI, do you watch your MPG closely and will you be able to keep numbers to compare to before? I don't tow much really just more curious then anything.
 

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Peak recall for the last few months, I cant really recall the last time I cleared it...

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Current oil temp after just a quick drive to 7-11...

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I'll be driving home tomorrow and will snap some updated picture. I think this T-stat will bring the oil temps down to where I would like to have them in the summer. I believe I will have to change back in the winter to get the temps up where I need them at that point. Have to see when the weather changes.
 

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Joe-toooootally unrelated but did you ever update your thread about PIS injectors :poke:

There are curious people watching, myself included.
 

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You will have to link me... I cant remember the thread.

I have been waiting for some new tuning before giving any opinion, right now I am still running Swamps tuning for 250/200 injectors.

My Hydra chip is at the house, Bill is sending me some tunes and Curtis is next week...
 

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On a trip from pa to sc i ran 12 hrs straight at 230° based on the obd2 port. My truck always runs hot.
Mark
 

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When did you get 250/200 injectors? I thought Curtis said you had 250/100s. He is helping me with some tuning as well. Are those fullforce 250/200s?
 

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