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Adding a Derale Engine Oil Cooler to a late model RAM 1500
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00:00:00.060 today we're going to take a look at my 00:00:03.94900:00:03.959 installation of an engine oil cooler 00:00:08.47000:00:08.480 with integrated fan and 00:00:12.37000:00:12.380 thermostatically-controlled switch for 00:00:15.53000:00:15.540 that fat on my 2014 5.7 liter Hemi ram 00:00:21.92000:00:21.930 full wheel drive pickup 00:00:23.59900:00:23.609 I told pretty heavy with this thing and 00:00:28.33000:00:28.340 transmission temperatures beautiful and 00:00:31.60900:00:31.619 all the other stuff that you could be 00:00:33.47000:00:33.480 concerned about my be as good as far as 00:00:36.22900:00:36.239 the temps go but the engine oil tends to 00:00:40.52000:00:40.530 get hot I mean it runs pretty hot anyway 00:00:42.92000:00:42.930 in normal engine oil temperature on this 00:00:45.17000:00:45.180 thing is in the 210 to 215 Fahrenheit 00:00:49.06900:00:49.079 range and towing then my 19 on my 9,000 00:00:54.65000:00:54.660 plus pound trailer during the summer you 00:00:58.72900:00:58.739 know if you want to do 60 65 70 miles an 00:01:01.27900:01:01.289 hour in general is going to be 00:01:03.13900:01:03.149 approaching high mid to high to 40s and 00:01:06.41000:01:06.420 I really don't ever want to see oil 00:01:08.35900:01:08.369 getting up to 250 because that's just 00:01:10.21900:01:10.229 asking for it I mean I use 00:01:11.51000:01:11.520 top-of-the-line AMSOIL and I change it 00:01:13.34000:01:13.350 when it needs to be change but I just 00:01:15.62000:01:15.630 don't like that much temperature so I 00:01:18.49900:01:18.509 mean is this cool is everywhere I'm this 00:01:20.89900:01:20.909 thing's got a power steering cooler it's 00:01:22.37000:01:22.380 got a transmission cooler a transmission 00:01:24.62000:01:24.630 heater but it does not have an engine 00:01:27.38000:01:27.390 oil cooler so I looked around online and 00:01:31.30000:01:31.310 so some of the recommendations were for 00:01:34.30000:01:34.310 the most common one I've seen was a 00:01:36.71000:01:36.720 derail or the rally the ER al II anyway 00:01:40.31000:01:40.320 however its mouth 1/5 605 unit which is 00:01:44.51000:01:44.520 a fairly small just stationary no fan 00:01:49.06900:01:49.079 heat exchanger and I mean I could have 00:01:52.91000:01:52.920 put that in there but I wanted something 00:01:54.20000:01:54.210 that was really going to suck some air 00:01:55.91000:01:55.920 because this strangely not a lot of room 00:01:57.95000:01:57.960 to put something behind this 00:02:01.84000:02:01.850 or it's going to get airflow there's not 00:02:04.71900:02:04.729 a lot of room behind the grill because 00:02:07.09000:02:07.100 you got a couple of different Interpol 00:02:08.74000:02:08.750 heat exchangers up there and as well as 00:02:11.59000:02:11.600 the radiator and down low you'll see 00:02:14.17000:02:14.180 that I ended up mounting it it's just 00:02:15.72900:02:15.739 there's no air flow in there and I'm 00:02:17.80000:02:17.810 sure they do that for drag reduction but 00:02:20.74000:02:20.750 it just makes for bad cooling and I 00:02:23.55900:02:23.569 didn't really want to stick it in a 00:02:24.55000:02:24.560 wheel well where it's going to go all 00:02:25.84000:02:25.850 cracked up so so I went with what I went 00:02:28.96000:02:28.970 with was the the number one five four 00:02:31.96000:02:31.970 five zero engine oil cooler kit which is 00:02:36.13000:02:36.140 a really pretty large unit with a good 00:02:40.44900:02:40.459 sized fan on it and when she runs she 00:02:42.75900:02:42.769 really moves some air and really does 00:02:45.22000:02:45.230 some good work I also used a it comes 00:02:47.59000:02:47.600 the fan comes with a little switch but 00:02:49.93000:02:49.940 it's only it's not adjustable and it's 00:02:51.69900:02:51.709 set to come on at 180 and go off at 260 00:02:54.46000:02:54.470 and this thing runs it 210 all the time 00:02:56.74000:02:56.750 so I just I don't want to running if I 00:02:58.93000:02:58.940 don't need it running so I mean I wanted 00:03:02.41000:03:02.420 an adjustable switch and derail also 00:03:04.21000:03:04.220 makes that which is one six seven four 00:03:06.85000:03:06.860 nine and that comes with a little 00:03:09.34000:03:09.350 different switch and I'll show you how I 00:03:10.69000:03:10.700 got that installed in a minute you can 00:03:14.17000:03:14.180 see I hope above the oil cooler you can 00:03:16.44900:03:16.459 see the adapter above the oil filter 00:03:18.52000:03:18.530 that is you can see the adapter still it 00:03:22.18000:03:22.190 adds the fair bit but it still leaves 00:03:24.19000:03:24.200 plenty of room for the oil filter on 00:03:27.49000:03:27.500 this truck you know that system of 00:03:30.37000:03:30.380 atrocious locations is it's right over 00:03:32.41000:03:32.420 the dam electric power steering so 00:03:34.33000:03:34.340 there's no way to change that without 00:03:36.81900:03:36.829 making a disastrous mess under here but 00:03:40.53900:03:40.549 the bracket went in find the internal 00:03:43.39000:03:43.400 filter clears no issue whatsoever and an 00:03:48.72900:03:48.739 ID label them in and out you can see it 00:03:50.65000:03:50.660 you may be able to see but it's got 00:03:52.63000:03:52.640 arrows on it showing you which ways 00:03:54.40000:03:54.410 which it's a really nice setup all the 00:03:58.66000:03:58.670 parts work 00:03:59.39000:03:59.400 everything fit really well came a bunch 00:04:01.13000:04:01.140 of different adapters no issue 00:04:02.42000:04:02.430 whatsoever there and I'm going to move 00:04:04.97000:04:04.980 my light and then try to get some better 00:04:06.89000:04:06.900 footage of the other side of it and so 00:04:10.19000:04:10.200 from there I ran you know the lines as 00:04:15.31000:04:15.320 they were and I cover them up and tied 00:04:19.69900:04:19.709 them down as best I could but there is 00:04:24.46000:04:24.470 the cooler and it is a monster I mounted 00:04:29.68900:04:29.699 it off of one of the bumper brackets a 00:04:31.61000:04:31.620 couple existing screws that were there 00:04:33.43900:04:33.449 and it took a couple of pieces of 00:04:37.07000:04:37.080 actually a chair that I had left over 00:04:39.20000:04:39.210 and made some braces for that to 00:04:43.46000:04:43.470 stabilize it so it's mounted nice and 00:04:47.71900:04:47.729 solid I may actually want to brace from 00:04:49.40000:04:49.410 there well we're here you can see the 00:04:51.65000:04:51.660 bolts that I used on this side compared 00:04:54.95000:04:54.960 to the other side that's exactly the 00:04:56.54000:04:56.550 same boat that I used to hold it in but 00:04:59.02000:04:59.030 what I did for the switch is I've got a 00:05:01.87900:05:01.889 a brass tee that fit the nipples that 00:05:08.90000:05:08.910 came with the kit or a brass key and 00:05:10.55000:05:10.560 nipples that fit the hose that came to 00:05:11.93000:05:11.940 the kit which is 1/2 inch and then that 00:05:15.32000:05:15.330 also fit the switch for the controls for 00:05:20.21000:05:20.220 the thermostat for the heat for the fan 00:05:22.21900:05:22.229 control and took that in on the inlet 00:05:26.08900:05:26.099 line and then got the outlet line going 00:05:29.62900:05:29.639 back so it runs off of this and right 00:05:31.76000:05:31.770 now I've got it set where it comes on 00:05:33.93900:05:33.949 probably at about 2:17 2:18 and it shut 00:05:39.89000:05:39.900 off at about 00:05:41.74000:05:41.750 2 200 208 I mean it's made an enormous 00:05:46.49000:05:46.500 difference in the way this thing used to 00:05:48.56000:05:48.570 run I mean I totally told last weekend 00:05:50.30000:05:50.310 it wasn't terribly hot outside but 00:05:53.29000:05:53.300 normally when you get up into the mid to 00:05:55.39900:05:55.409 30s without even trying it never crack 00:05:57.29000:05:57.300 226 and that was when I was testing it 00:05:59.57000:05:59.580 by running it hard accelerating the 70 00:06:02.06000:06:02.070 miles now 00:06:02.69000:06:02.700 on an on-ramp just for a short period of 00:06:05.15000:06:05.160 time and it soon as I got off the gas 00:06:07.04000:06:07.050 and back down to 65 it dropped right 00:06:09.11000:06:09.120 back down to 221 222 and just hung there 00:06:11.68000:06:11.690 and I mean it's worked fantastically 00:06:16.19000:06:16.200 well I'm really looking forward to this 00:06:17.75000:06:17.760 as you can see it's a very large unit 00:06:20.15000:06:20.160 this is not the little one that they 00:06:22.16000:06:22.170 recommend it's probably only about that 00:06:23.66000:06:23.670 big and it doesn't come on a fan so this 00:06:26.15000:06:26.160 sucker really really takes the heat up 00:06:28.61000:06:28.620 and now pump up top and I'll show you 00:06:31.61000:06:31.620 why I mounted the controller well that's 00:06:33.56000:06:33.570 not terribly impressive and so I just 00:06:37.34000:06:37.350 screwed the controller to the side of 00:06:38.75000:06:38.760 the bottom of the fuse box and there's a 00:06:41.18000:06:41.190 little cover right in there you pop that 00:06:44.03000:06:44.040 off and you get in there with a 00:06:45.11000:06:45.120 screwdriver yeah I would have been 00:06:47.30000:06:47.310 smarter I'd actually screwed it into the 00:06:48.95000:06:48.960 top order straight up it's kind of hard 00:06:50.66000:06:50.670 to adjust it but now that I've gotten it 00:06:52.55000:06:52.560 adjusted I don't expect that I'll need 00:06:55.13000:06:55.140 to do it anymore 00:06:56.27000:06:56.280 building that I can do eventually she's 00:06:58.79000:06:58.800 got two wires here that I've run to the 00:07:00.41000:07:00.420 hub side of the battery being why they 00:07:03.98000:07:03.990 recommend having it switch to the key so 00:07:06.89000:07:06.900 that when you turn the power off it 00:07:08.42000:07:08.430 shuts the fan of it doesn't run on 00:07:11.53000:07:11.540 unfortunately under these new dam dodges 00:07:13.67000:07:13.680 every every bit of power under the hood 00:07:16.19000:07:16.200 is not switched it's all done in the 00:07:18.38000:07:18.390 computer I guess internally so the only 00:07:20.90000:07:20.910 way to get an actual switch twelve volt 00:07:22.40000:07:22.410 source out here is to run a wire from 00:07:23.72000:07:23.730 like a cigarette lighter or something 00:07:24.92000:07:24.930 else or a door mirror inside the cab 00:07:28.55000:07:28.560 back in here and I didn't feel like 00:07:30.89000:07:30.900 doing that and the other thing I noticed 00:07:32.39000:07:32.400 there's like last week when we had it 00:07:35.78000:07:35.790 out it really only ran on for about two 00:07:37.97000:07:37.980 minutes after I'd like when I stopped to 00:07:39.77000:07:39.780 get for gas you could hear running and 00:07:41.00000:07:41.010 then while before I even got the tank 00:07:42.38000:07:42.390 halfway filled up it shut off so I'm not 00:07:44.69000:07:44.700 worried about it at this point I'm just 00:07:46.76000:07:46.770 going to leave it exactly the way it is 00:07:48.80000:07:48.810 and so I am extremely happy with this 00:07:52.34000:07:52.350 installation it's pretty clean my wiring 00:07:54.59000:07:54.600 is a little bit sloppy but I got it tied 00:07:56.36000:07:56.370 up enough and it really seems like it's 00:07:59.24000:07:59.250 going to work well to keep this engine a 00:08:01.70000:08:01.710 little bit cooler when we're towing 00:08:02.96000:08:02.970 heavy so appreciate y'all stopping in 00:08:06.74000:08:06.750 and got any questions post them in the 00:08:08.90000:08:08.910 comments otherwise I'll take care Thanks
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