Oil Cooler Leaking

greenscobie86 · Jan 16, 2011

So my car is leaking a bit of oil from the oil cooler... I guess this is what happens when you bring a southern car to the frigid winters on NY after nearly 15 years in the sun. Blah.

I've checked and the leak is coming from between the block/oil cooler assembly.

Does anyone have a part number for a kit or similar that will come with block to oil cooler gasket and the necessary o-rings?

Many thanks in advance! :headbang:

SRT Handz · Jan 16, 2011

http://www.latemodelrestoration.com...ang-46L-4V-Oil-Filter-Adaptor-To-Block-Gasket

greenscobie86 · Jan 17, 2011

Awesome Thanks Greg!

Do you know where I can get the o-rings that go inside the oil cooler as well? I wanna replace those too while I'm in there.

atlanticblue98 · Jan 18, 2011

ford doesnt sell them separately, you can just match the size from a hardware store with a Viton o-ring

Shifty Powers · Jan 18, 2011

that sucks brosif.. you just put in new oil didnt you? What are you running anyways? This spring is time for a change and Ive had synthetic, but im wondering if Im going to stick with it.. I think everything but my rear has royal purlple in it.

massacre · Jan 18, 2011

Just FYI
I thought I read that the blue and the orange gaskets were different?
I've always used orange:
http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/raframecatalog.php?catalog=6&partnum=70415&a=FR6-70415-749323

greenscobie86 · Jan 18, 2011

thanks for the tips guys.

I went ahead and found a complete kit since I couldn't find the o-rings separately(Thanks Ryan)

http://www.speedconcepts.net/product_info.php?products_id=967&osCsid=ofmb9a3edbtgdsopqupfg5vo42

Kinda pricey but I feel that its money well spent...

Shifty, I think that the combination of new oil(Valvoline Syntheic Blend 5w30) and a super frigid winter in conjunction with the car being in a warm climate all its life prior to my ownership made the gasket brittle.

So far the leak is not a problem at all, just an annoyance as I hate to have drips of oil in the driveway + to know the fact that there is something leaking out of my car in general.

EDIT: thanks massacre. I was told that as well!

Shifty Powers · Jan 18, 2011

^ completely agree that, that had something to do with the gaskets going bad. Point very well made. So you are running synthetic as well?

I was curious to what your opinion on that was to see if Im going to stick with synthetic oil.. Might have to since the engine might be used to it now.. Seemed to have worked fine. Only this time Ill be adding 7qts.. not 6

greenscobie86 · Jan 18, 2011

Pat,

I'm using a synthetic blend. Either MotorCraft or Valvoline. Whatever is on sale.

I change the oil every 3k religiously, so I cant justify buying 7qts of expensive Synthetic oil since the car doesn't call for it.

uncltrvlnmatt · Jan 19, 2011

greenscobie86 said:
Pat,

I'm using a synthetic blend. Either MotorCraft or Valvoline. Whatever is on sale.

I change the oil every 3k religiously, so I cant justify buying 7qts of expensive Synthetic oil since the car doesn't call for it.

Thats why I use Dino oil, I can't justify $70.00+ for an oil change at this point. If my car had very limited use it would be another story.

Shifty Powers · Jan 19, 2011

^ HAHAHA well as of right now my car sees limited use. seeing as it was used like twice last year.

Yea but i want to use 7qts even though the car calls for 6 is because someone did a test with an oil pan off, and at 6 quarts the oil was just touching the wings or whatever in the oil pan. And when the car is running there is about a QT in the heads alone..
So if i get a chance to run my car hard, ide prefer there to be more than enough, than not enough, oil in there ya know?