Adding a Derale Engine Oil Cooler to a late model RAM 1500

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today we're going to take a look at my
00:00:03.949 00:00:03.959 installation of an engine oil cooler
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00:00:15.530 00:00:15.540 that fat on my 2014 5.7 liter Hemi ram
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00:00:23.599 00:00:23.609 I told pretty heavy with this thing and
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00:00:31.609 00:00:31.619 all the other stuff that you could be
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00:00:36.229 00:00:36.239 the temps go but the engine oil tends to
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00:00:42.920 00:00:42.930 in normal engine oil temperature on this
00:00:45.170 00:00:45.180 thing is in the 210 to 215 Fahrenheit
00:00:49.069 00:00:49.079 range and towing then my 19 on my 9,000
00:00:54.650 00:00:54.660 plus pound trailer during the summer you
00:00:58.729 00:00:58.739 know if you want to do 60 65 70 miles an
00:01:01.279 00:01:01.289 hour in general is going to be
00:01:03.139 00:01:03.149 approaching high mid to high to 40s and
00:01:06.410 00:01:06.420 I really don't ever want to see oil
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00:01:18.499 00:01:18.509 mean is this cool is everywhere I'm this
00:01:20.899 00:01:20.909 thing's got a power steering cooler it's
00:01:22.370 00:01:22.380 got a transmission cooler a transmission
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00:01:27.380 00:01:27.390 oil cooler so I looked around online and
00:01:31.300 00:01:31.310 so some of the recommendations were for
00:01:34.300 00:01:34.310 the most common one I've seen was a
00:01:36.710 00:01:36.720 derail or the rally the ER al II anyway
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00:02:04.719 00:02:04.729 a lot of room behind the grill because
00:02:07.090 00:02:07.100 you got a couple of different Interpol
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00:02:11.590 00:02:11.600 the radiator and down low you'll see
00:02:14.170 00:02:14.180 that I ended up mounting it it's just
00:02:15.729 00:02:15.739 there's no air flow in there and I'm
00:02:17.800 00:02:17.810 sure they do that for drag reduction but
00:02:20.740 00:02:20.750 it just makes for bad cooling and I
00:02:23.559 00:02:23.569 didn't really want to stick it in a
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00:02:28.960 00:02:28.970 with was the the number one five four
00:02:31.960 00:02:31.970 five zero engine oil cooler kit which is
00:02:36.130 00:02:36.140 a really pretty large unit with a good
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00:02:49.930 00:02:49.940 it's only it's not adjustable and it's
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00:03:02.410 00:03:02.420 an adjustable switch and derail also
00:03:04.210 00:03:04.220 makes that which is one six seven four
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00:03:14.170 00:03:14.180 see I hope above the oil cooler you can
00:03:16.449 00:03:16.459 see the adapter above the oil filter
00:03:18.520 00:03:18.530 that is you can see the adapter still it
00:03:22.180 00:03:22.190 adds the fair bit but it still leaves
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00:03:27.490 00:03:27.500 this truck you know that system of
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00:03:34.330 00:03:34.340 there's no way to change that without
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00:03:40.539 00:03:40.549 the bracket went in find the internal
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00:03:48.729 00:03:48.739 ID label them in and out you can see it
00:03:50.650 00:03:50.660 you may be able to see but it's got
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00:03:54.400 00:03:54.410 which it's a really nice setup all the
00:03:58.660 00:03:58.670 parts work
00:03:59.390 00:03:59.400 everything fit really well came a bunch
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00:04:04.970 00:04:04.980 my light and then try to get some better
00:04:06.890 00:04:06.900 footage of the other side of it and so
00:04:10.190 00:04:10.200 from there I ran you know the lines as
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00:04:19.699 00:04:19.709 them down as best I could but there is
00:04:24.460 00:04:24.470 the cooler and it is a monster I mounted
00:04:29.689 00:04:29.699 it off of one of the bumper brackets a
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00:04:49.400 00:04:49.410 there well we're here you can see the
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00:04:56.540 00:04:56.550 same boat that I used to hold it in but
00:04:59.020 00:04:59.030 what I did for the switch is I've got a
00:05:01.879 00:05:01.889 a brass tee that fit the nipples that
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00:05:10.550 00:05:10.560 nipples that fit the hose that came to
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00:05:15.320 00:05:15.330 also fit the switch for the controls for
00:05:20.210 00:05:20.220 the thermostat for the heat for the fan
00:05:22.219 00:05:22.229 control and took that in on the inlet
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00:05:53.290 00:05:53.300 normally when you get up into the mid to
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00:05:59.570 00:05:59.580 by running it hard accelerating the 70
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00:06:02.690 00:06:02.700 on an on-ramp just for a short period of
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00:06:16.190 00:06:16.200 well I'm really looking forward to this
00:06:17.750 00:06:17.760 as you can see it's a very large unit
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00:06:31.610 00:06:31.620 why I mounted the controller well that's
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00:06:38.750 00:06:38.760 the bottom of the fuse box and there's a
00:06:41.180 00:06:41.190 little cover right in there you pop that
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00:06:45.110 00:06:45.120 screwdriver yeah I would have been
00:06:47.300 00:06:47.310 smarter I'd actually screwed it into the
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00:06:56.270 00:06:56.280 building that I can do eventually she's
00:06:58.790 00:06:58.800 got two wires here that I've run to the
00:07:00.410 00:07:00.420 hub side of the battery being why they
00:07:03.980 00:07:03.990 recommend having it switch to the key so
00:07:06.890 00:07:06.900 that when you turn the power off it
00:07:08.420 00:07:08.430 shuts the fan of it doesn't run on
00:07:11.530 00:07:11.540 unfortunately under these new dam dodges
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00:07:18.380 00:07:18.390 computer I guess internally so the only
00:07:20.900 00:07:20.910 way to get an actual switch twelve volt
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00:07:23.720 00:07:23.730 like a cigarette lighter or something
00:07:24.920 00:07:24.930 else or a door mirror inside the cab
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00:07:30.890 00:07:30.900 doing that and the other thing I noticed
00:07:32.390 00:07:32.400 there's like last week when we had it
00:07:35.780 00:07:35.790 out it really only ran on for about two
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00:07:41.000 00:07:41.010 then while before I even got the tank
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00:07:44.690 00:07:44.700 worried about it at this point I'm just
00:07:46.760 00:07:46.770 going to leave it exactly the way it is
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00:07:52.340 00:07:52.350 installation it's pretty clean my wiring
00:07:54.590 00:07:54.600 is a little bit sloppy but I got it tied
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00:07:59.240 00:07:59.250 going to work well to keep this engine a
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00:08:02.960 00:08:02.970 heavy so appreciate y'all stopping in
00:08:06.740 00:08:06.750 and got any questions post them in the
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