Did i misunderstand?

[6literdiesel]

I bought my '04 250 about 4 montgs ago and pretty promptly installed a coolant filter and CTS. I was seeing 8-10* difference between ECT & EOT. As the warm weather moved in the split jumped to 14-15* and sometimes spiked up to 18*. I took that to be a sifn of oil cooler issues. This past weekend I flushed my coolant system, deleted my EGR, replaced my oil cooler, upgraded the FPS, and the turbo feed/ drain lines. I'm now running Zerex EC-1 coolant. Now I'm still getting 10-12* differences. The temperatures themselves are lower. My ECT is going between 190-192* and the EOT is 202-205*. Before my ECT would regularly get up above 200*, so I see improvements I was just under the belief that after these repairs I should be seeing almost identical temperatures. Ant insight is appreciated.

[SharkDiver]

Did you change the thermostat? You could try that..

[howell_jd]

I see nothing wrong with your temperature deltas. There is NO indicator that a delta of 10 to 12 has any meaningful difference than 4 to 6 or any other range under 15 degrees. The only indicator is the one that obviously prompted your coolant flush and oil cooler replacement; greater than 15 degrees. After events such as yours, it is not uncommon to observe these figures more intently too and ascribe additional significance or anxiety to the "perceived" effects. Enjoy your good work.

Jonathan

[6literdiesel]

Yes, new thermostat as well.

[6literdiesel]

Originally Posted by howell_jd

I see nothing wrong with your temperature deltas. There is NO indicator that a delta of 10 to 12 has any meaningful difference than 4 to 6 or any other range under 15 degrees. The only indicator is the one that obviously prompted your coolant flush and oil cooler replacement; greater than 15 degrees. After events such as yours, it is not uncommon to observe these figures more intently too and ascribe additional significance or anxiety to the "perceived" effects. Enjoy your good work.

Jonathan

This cracked me up. I DO tend to freak myself out after working on something, but in this case I'm not worried I did the work wrong, just wasn't sure if I misunderstood or mis diagnosed.

[dhr05b]

I'm kind of with you in this. I had a huge delta (sometimes up to 40+ degrees), so I changed the thermostat and flushed just with restore + and distilled water. After that, I filled with CAT-1 EC, and my delta was less than 20 (and would only get up above 15 after a couple hours on the highway). So I decided to hold off on the whole job.

Then this weekend, I installed a Sinister EGR cooler and rebuilt the oil cooler, updated the turbo oil feed tube, the STC fitting and the IPR screen, and I definitely notice the difference, but my delta hovers around 8-10 from 60-75 MPH on flat ground.

So, I'm definitely happy with the results, I just thought I would be looking at a closer spread after a 12 hour flush.

EDIT: I failed to mention that I flushed with 48 gallons of distilled water and the restore/restore + combo. I then changed the coolant filter and filled the system with Rotella CAT-1 ELC coolant.

[WarChild]

Thermostat is not needed as his ECT's are normal. I flushed my system with restore and restore+ twice. Once the normal way and once as a reverse flush. I still replace my oil cooler and I currently see my delta's at 8-9 degrees apart. If you got rid of your egr cooler then you should never worry about your oil cooler again unless your EOT gets above 250*. I have seen some that get the same temps after all that work and I have seen a lot that have 8-10* delta after. My conclusion is that all these d@mn truck are different and I think some just run hotter than others.

NOTE: Are you doing the test correctly?

[PGreenSVT]

Originally Posted by WarChild

Thermostat is not needed as his ECT's are normal. I flushed my system with restore and restore+ twice. Once the normal way and once as a reverse flush. I still replace my oil cooler and I currently see my delta's at 8-9 degrees apart. If you got rid of your egr cooler then you should never worry about your oil cooler again unless your EOT gets above 250*. I have seen some that get the same temps after all that work and I have seen a lot that have 8-10* delta after. My conclusion is that all these d@mn truck are different and I think some just run hotter than others.

NOTE: Are you doing the test correctly?

I agree with you that there is no need for a thermostat since his ECT is right where it should be.

I disagree that if you delete the egr cooler you don't have to worry about the oil cooler unless your EOT reaches 250*. Removing the egr cooler eliminates the possibility of an egr cooler rupture and resulting head gasket failure. If your temp delta exceeds 15* it still indicates your oil cooler is clogged and it should be addressed. It isn't quite as immediate a problem since the egr cooler is removed but it is still no longer functioning correctly, your oil temps are higher than they should be and it should be corrected. And remember there is still the possibility of an oil cooler rupture with cross contamination of the oiling and cooling systems which is also an expensive mess to clean up. My Take it FWIW.

[WarChild]

Originally Posted by PGreenSVT

I agree with you that there is no need for a thermostat since his ECT is right where it should be.

I disagree that if you delete the egr cooler you don't have to worry about the oil cooler unless your EOT reaches 250*. Removing the egr cooler eliminates the possibility of an egr cooler rupture and resulting head gasket failure. If your temp delta exceeds 15* it still indicates your oil cooler is clogged and it should be addressed. It isn't quite as immediate a problem since the egr cooler is removed but it is still no longer functioning correctly, your oil temps are higher than they should be and it should be corrected. And remember there is still the possibility of an oil cooler rupture with cross contamination of the oiling and cooling systems which is also an expensive mess to clean up. My Take it FWIW.

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[southend]

I'm sure your ect and eot are about the same in the morning? Right?

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