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I have a 2500HD with an oil cooler. It started leaking at both the crimps, along with the gasket, leading to me losing all of the oil over a week span of sitting.
I don't do heavy towing for long distances at all, the most the truck sees is a few pallets every now and then, so I want to remove the oil cooler and just block it off.

As far as I can tell, there are two ports on the cooler. The block off plates I found all seem to be the oval one, and I'm wondering if there even is a block off for the dual? Or will the oval work?

Either OEM or aftermarket.

Thanks for your help!

riverbanks Senior Enthusiast

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Can't say on that, but I replace lines,leave it the way it was,so helpful in cooling,y,no,hydroboost lines fail too, just replace,imo

SierraHD17 Senior Enthusiast

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The block off plates are all the same as the oil cooler connection on the oil pan.  The truck pans came with or without cooler lines and used the same oilpan regardless.  Even the car oilpan connection and block off is the same thing.  It has to be dual ports... oil into the cooler and a return.

 

You can just block it with the oil cooler delete plate the non oil cooler engines ran and it will live forever.  Realistically unless it's really hot where you live or you work the truck super hard( you don't) its actually acting as a heater because the coolant will be warmer than the oil temperature... running it long enough the temps will stabilize and be roughly the same temperature without without it.  

 

They sell thousands of trucks and cars without the cooler lines.. it will be fine without them like all those others are.

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45 minutes ago, SierraHD17 said:

The block off plates are all the same as the oil cooler connection on the oil pan.  The truck pans came with or without cooler lines and used the same oilpan regardless.  Even the car oilpan connection and block off is the same thing.  It has to be dual ports... oil into the cooler and a return.

 

You can just block it with the oil cooler delete plate the non oil cooler engines ran and it will live forever.  Realistically unless it's really hot where you live or you work the truck super hard( you don't) its actually acting as a heater because the coolant will be warmer than the oil temperature... running it long enough the temps will stabilize and be roughly the same temperature without without it.  

 

They sell thousands of trucks and cars without the cooler lines.. it will be fine without them like all those others are.


Sweet! Thank you so much. So if I went and ordered this I would be solid? Just not trying to waste anymore time with the truck down.
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/nal-12577903/overview/

 

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5 minutes ago, SierraHD17 said:

That's the one!  The bump in the middle is just giving the oil a path to cross from the inlet hole to the outlet hole.  


So this would use the single oval gasket too?

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