ok i have seen some oil spot latly, and looked under my truck the front of the cooler is covered with oil and the 2 front lines going in it, the rest looks clesan as well as the top lines, i was it off and same thing, to day i seen a little antifreez in the oil so must be getting wors, can i use a sd oil coler ? are thes a pain to rebuild and replace, looks like 4 lines and 4 bolts, is there a good place to get orings or a new cooler? any picks would be a big help thanks guys!!!

 

You can buy the rebuild kits from riffraff or dieselorings.
Messy, but something you can do yourself. New coolers are
very pricey, the rebuild kits are around $60.

 

Riffraff Diesel: Oil Cooler Seal Kit

 

Are you sure your looking at the oil cooler? Last I checked the oil cooler has no lines going to it..

 

ok will get a kit, but will a sd or idi oil cooler fit?? saw some on eday for 60 buck, wanna get one rebuild it then take myn off and put new one on, its my every day truck so cut down time down, how big of a pain are these ?? what is it take time wise?? thanks

 

yeah it must be fuel lines i just washed it off at the car wash, and it has to line at the front and you can see two lines throw wheel well, but they have the fuel line conecters, but the cooler only is leacking from the front is that where it usaly happens??

 

Here's a couple of how-to write ups... everything I do seems to take twice as long and cost twice as much!!!


7.3 oil cooler rebuild - TRT Home

Oil Cooler O-ring replacement R and R - Powerstroke Nation

 

Your oil cooler should have nothing running to it except for the block heater cord on the back oil cooler cap... You can use an oil cooler from a '94.5-'03.

Get a rebuild kit from Clay. He gave you a link to them in his reply above.

 

yeah the lines run over top of it i thought they went to it my bad, is there any gain from the sd oil cooler?? i have a oring set on the way. thanks guys !

 

Nope, no gain in the SD cooler...

 

lol come on man you could have said 5 or 10 hp gain. lol thanks man

 

Just checked over at powerstrokehelp...SD oil cooler helps gain 30hp over stock.

 

sweet now thats what i wanted to hear! lol think i can grt 35 0r 40 out of her?? lol