RonRonnster
Newbie
My oil cooler lines are leaking like crazy around the oil filter adapter on my ‘98 K1500 with the 5.7. It looks like the other end of the lines are also seeping at the crimp point. I’m thinking of just getting rid of the oil cooler - I put maybe 5-6k mile on my truck a year, and never tow with it. I really don’t like lines that leak and end up leaking again even after replacing - I’ve had this happen often on previous GMT400s that I’ve replaced cooler lines on. I saw some threads on the forum that cover this - seems like an easy enough thing to do with the classic style SBC oil filter adapter and a short enough oil filter to clear the front driveshaft.
My question is this - have any of you folks that deleted your oil cooler regretted it? Any engine issues after the fact? It seems like the factory oil cooler is really a method to get oil temps up faster on a truck that doesn’t tow or work hard. Heck, my ‘07 Yukon XL Denali with the 6.2l didn’t come with an oil cooler. Let me know if I’m missing something here - but I would rather get rid of it all and have a leak free truck again and not worry about it any more.
My question is this - have any of you folks that deleted your oil cooler regretted it? Any engine issues after the fact? It seems like the factory oil cooler is really a method to get oil temps up faster on a truck that doesn’t tow or work hard. Heck, my ‘07 Yukon XL Denali with the 6.2l didn’t come with an oil cooler. Let me know if I’m missing something here - but I would rather get rid of it all and have a leak free truck again and not worry about it any more.