reviews on oil cooler

[Momohenri]

Hello everyone, I need your expertise regarding the oil cooler on a 1988 Bronco II. I'm referring to the part where the oil filter is screwed in.

There are two outlets where hoses connect, but I don't know if they're connected to the engine's cooling system via the water pump or if they're oil lines that go to a radiator. Can these two outlets be plugged or bypassed?

 

[sgtsandman]

Ford likes to use the water cooled design that has engine coolant running through it. So, chances are good yours is the same.

You should be able to cap them off. Just make sure something done to close off or eliminate where the hoses connect into the engine cooling system.

 

[Shran]

Can you post a picture or two of this setup? I've never seen an oil cooler on one of those trucks. Curious if it's an aftermarket deal or maybe overseas trucks came with it. Would be pretty easy to use a remote oil filter adapter kit to build your own.

 

[sgtsandman]

Can you post a picture or two of this setup? I've never seen an oil cooler on one of those trucks. Curious if it's an aftermarket deal or maybe overseas trucks came with it. Would be pretty easy to use a remote oil filter adapter kit to build your own.

The name should have clued me in to check where the OP lives. Good catch.

 

[Momohenri]

Lying under the vehicle, it's impossible to take a picture, so I'll try to explain it another way.

In this first photo, you can see the oil filter adapter.

In the second photo, you can see the cooler that attaches to the adapter.
and on the diagram you can see where it connects, where the blue arrow is.

 

[Robert Mangrum]

The second pic looks like the filter relocating kit i had to use my 88 when we V8 swapped it back in the 90s. Hopefully someone smarter than me chimes in though haha

 

[SenorNoob]

I see no problem with just putting a couple rubber caps on the adapter to keep it clean in case you do wanna use it later. Size looks about right does it tie into the heater hoses?

 

[Momohenri]

From what I remember, one hose goes to the water pump and the other goes up to the heater core behind the glove box.

 

[SenorNoob]

So to bypass you'd just route a hose directly between the heater core and water pump.

 

[Momohenri]

It's impossible without disassembling many parts. What I don't understand is that these outlets are directed towards the rear, and one of them is right in front of an engine component, making it impossible to reattach a hose to it. Unless this cooler can be reversed so that these outlets face forward.

 

[sgtsandman]

That is indeed a engine coolant cooled style of engine oil cooler. Like previously mentioned, the cooler can be capped off with some rubber caps. As far as the hoses that connect to it, they will need to be connected to each other some how if you really want to eliminate the cooler from the system.

From what you are describing, it might be better and easier to just restore it back to how it was. Looking at the pictures, it looks like the cooler is attached to the block via a threaded tube that runs through the middle of the cooler, which also provides something for the oil filter to thread on to. Look for a hexagonal flange on the tube with the oil filter off. That would be how you can loosen it to rotate it or remove it so you can get the hose back on.

 

[Momohenri]

Thanks for all your advice. I ended up putting two caps on the cooler outlets. Since I don't do long trips with my B2, it shouldn't be a problem. If I notice anything wrong, I'll come back and ask for more advice.

See you soon.

 

[Shran]

Looks like you can just remove the cooler entirely. The 1st picture that shows the disassembled parts is the stock right angle adapter that is on all 2.8, 2.9, and 4.0 engines. You need that so that the oil filter is oriented correctly to clear the frame. (I took that picture so I'm intimately familiar with it )