6.0 powerstroke oil cooler

TPoindexter

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Did the Cummins radiator flush and did not clean it out so time for a new one. All the kits I'm looking at say 6-8 hours on install. As this is my wife's daily driver till I can get a motor back in the jeep I need a solid time frame for how long this takes. I talked to a Ford master tech that said it takes about 4 hours but he has done a lot off them from 2003 till know. I'm looking for a time frame from a mechanic that does not do ford powerstroke 6.0's all the time. Any tips tricks what to take off or leave on to make job faster and easier. Yes I have watched multiple YouTube video's and was a ASE certified mechanic at one time. The mechanical aspect does not bother me just need a time frame to teardown and put back together.
 
It should be able to be done in 6-8 hours if the turbo has ever been off. If the turbo hasn't been off ever it could be longer if all the exhaust clamps and mounting bolts are rusted tight. I'm a mechanic but we don't work on diesels at my shop other than light maintenance, but I've worked on my own 6.0 and a friends. I did my oil cooler, bulletproof egr cooler, and cleaned the turbo in two nights after work, about 6pm-10pm both nights.

I pulled the turbo, coolant bottle, ficm and related injection harness, oil/fuel filter housing, then intake/egr cooler assembly, then the oil cooler housing.
 
Don't use the dorman cooler I've seen stories online about the gaskets coming apart and wiping out hpops. Unless your going with an aftermarket upgrade I'd stick with a ford cooler. The rebuild kit for it was about $300 wholesale when I did mine in 09.
 
Very easy job. We Do 3-4 a month. If you need help shoot me a pm. As said above don't use a Dorman cooler. Good time to do a egr delete if it's not been done. We always include a intake set and turbo install kit, you might look at ordering those. I've got to run out to the shop later if you need part numbers I'll grab them.
 
thanks guys. going with performance machine as that's what my cooler filter is and am impressed with the quality. Also going to do stc update, blue spring, SS cooler filter and turbo return line. Mysternc ever run into needing other misc. gaskets and seals. the complete kit $79.99 with turbo and intake gasket set around $50. I know its good to have extra parts but cleaned out the shop and discarded a garbage bag of left over new parts from past vehicles and builds. Just ran out of room in the parts cabinet. Also going to keep egr cooler and install pipe plugs or weld in bungs to save a few hundred.Any thing else you guys do while the intake is off?
 
Go ahead and crack the turbo open and clean it out if you're doing all that. I usually copper anti seize all the exhaust band clamps both the threads and the v parts as well as the turbo mounting bolts so it'll come apart much easier in the future if need be.
 
TPoindexter said:
thanks guys. going with performance machine as that's what my cooler filter is and am impressed with the quality. Also going to do stc update, blue spring, SS cooler filter and turbo return line. Mysternc ever run into needing other misc. gaskets and seals. the complete kit $79.99 with turbo and intake gasket set around $50. I know its good to have extra parts but cleaned out the shop and discarded a garbage bag of left over new parts from past vehicles and builds. Just ran out of room in the parts cabinet. Also going to keep egr cooler and install pipe plugs or weld in bungs to save a few hundred.Any thing else you guys do while the intake is off?
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That's the kit without the up pipe, you need the kit with the up pipe. We use performance machine kits as well. If you get a complete felpro intake gasket set, turbo install kit, the egr delete and the oil cooler kit you won't need anything additional. Don't use the Ford intake set, it only has the intake gaskets, use felpro which is a kit.
 
Don't buy the pmm60oc oil cooler...it's just an unpackaged dorman. Buy an OEM. If you think you've flushed enough, flush about 10 more gallons through it. Swap to an elc. Don't bother with green or ford gold.
 
adamv7010 you were right the dorman was still in the dorman box. The guy I talked to was real nice and stated he did not know why the company did this. It was only $70 more than one from ebay. Exchanged it for a factory Ford Cooler. Thoroughbred Diesel when I called them stated sinister is also a dorman.
 
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