Oil cooler gaskets

[Redpower]

My oil cooler is leaking and I need gaskets. Is there any reason not to use Dorman gaskets?

 

[Pstroke96]

for the time and effort it takes to reseal the cooler, its not worth it to save a few bucks on the parts

 

[Blowby]

Invest a little more and go OEM. Too much time in the job to chance anything else. 2 metal gaskets and 4 large o-rings.

 

[Redpower]

Sounds like OEM is the way to go. Does the cooler itself go bad often?

 

[Pstroke96]

Not usually. Most of the time it's just the o rings leaking. But take a good look at all the tubes and check them out for damage


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[kramarj]

They aren't the easiest thing to do, so might as well do it right the first time, like stated. I just did the oil cooler on our work truck and I ordered parts from diesel o rings, cheaper than Ford and all oem parts. Here is a link.

http://www.dieselorings.com/1994-19...-cooler-o-ring-and-gasket-set-late-94-03.html

One thing you may want to get is something like CLR to clean up the ends good. Ours were nasty, very corroded, it took me quite a while just to clean them up. In all of the write ups I looked at none of them said anything like this, so just sayin.

 

[old man dave]

You can use a ratchet strap to squeeze the ends back together.

 

[JCart]

Also be very careful when doing up the front cooler to block bolts as too tight can crack the block casting (front cover is aluminum) and means you need to pull the engine if you crack the front cover. Use quality stock parts from Ford, mixing antifreeze with oil means your injectors will be seeing antifreeze.... Not recommended.

jrc

 

[Jaredkeller96]

Have fun. Oil coolers suck when motor is in the truck


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[Redpower]

Have fun. Oil coolers suck when motor is in the truck


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Just pulled the truck in the garage last night to start warming it up. You are making me look forward to working on it.

 

[Jaredkeller96]

Are you replacing the heating element and cord?? I did, like 50$ from oreilly, usually the heating core thing is pretty corroded


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