Oil cooling
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Sorry guys... got a little anxious in my post. I see now that it has been. So has anyone yet installed the new 2020 cooler on an older Duramax. If it’s only 240 plus cost of filter at next oil change I’ll definitely be doing this soon. Anxious to see if the cooling system can handle it
Have any of you guys done an oil pan swap either the banana pan or the ppe pan? Ppe pan adds an additional quart which can’t hurt. But they “clam” the oil pickup is less restricted which helps oil pressure. Just wanderin?
It’s a crock. All it will do is lighten your wallet
It will cost you more than 240 unless you have a hook up at a dealer. It’s going to take a year or some before parts stores get them and drop the price.
Again, Josh and I have posted we will be putting ones on. He has one but waiting on gasket, I’m waiting on a cooler (hopefully GM didn’t decide to lock them down).
The 17-19 l5p cooler is readily available and is an improvement over the 01-16 trucks as stated in here just a few posts back
If they do decide to lock them down let me know. Sometimes I can get around that.
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I work for a franchise of dealerships one of which we happen to own is a Chevrolet dealership a few hours south of me! I'll have to check and see what my cost on those three parts are and get them coming now that Josh confirmed that they fit! Thanks guys!
Yes
Looks tight but definitely fits! Guess what way I know I'm going at the LB7's next oil change. Does the 2020 have any available ports to monitor oil temps like earlier generations?
Not bad. The only modification I had to do was remove the heat shield from the manifold and cut the lower mounting tab for it at the rear of the manifold.
The new oil cooler has different size fittings used to plug the passageways after machining than the earlier coolers had, so when I reinstalled my oil temp sensor, I had to move it to the pan instead of having it in the hot side of the oil cooler like before. I can't give an honest assessment until I figure out what size threads the new cooler has and get my temp sensor moved, but I will see what I can figure out and update this when I do.
Much appreciated! That is the only unknown I have yet is where to put the temp sensor.
When you do, can you please post what the threads are on both the old and 2020 coolers?
Which manifold do you have, the LB7/LLY/LBZ/LMM or the LML? I have the LML manifold on my truck, and the heat shields are different from the stock LB7. Curious if I'll for sure run into the same clearance issue, or just maybe have the clearance issue.
250 dollars for the cooler, adapter, and gasket through my company! Be here next week! The filter is different too though correct?
Yes. I'm not sure what filter GM plans to use, but you can see the part number on the Wix filter I used.
Ironic this has been on my mind constantly since seeing this post last week. Today I got handed a ticket for an ISX15. Customer said truck derated and then shut itself down. Logged 160 counts of Oil temp above normal moderately severe level. And 2 counts for most severe level. Freeze frame shows oil temp for the most severe level at 268.8 degrees. It’s getting new cooler, cooler thermostat and an oil change now. Oil was like water when I dropped it.
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They had a pic of the filter head areas a few pages back and the head is significantly smaller. It looks small enough to be a Honda oil filter. :roflmao:
The filter I used is very close in size externally to the old Duramax filters. I'm not sure about the element size or capacity.
The new cooler is 20mm where the old coolers are 13/16”.
the lml manifold fits quite well. Just need a touch of clearancing on this heat shield mount (bottom rear)
Also, i don’t know if lbz and up will be an issue but lly/lb7 guys, you will need all new bolts. The 3 short ones are too long by about an 1/8” and the two long are wayyyyy longer than your stock ones. I have double stacked washers on the 3 short bolts for now to just hold it in place. You will also need a third bolt for the elbow.
This thing is massive though. Pics don’t do it justice
Thanks again josh for getting this out quick to me
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