Cracked PPE up pipes common?

[2004LB7]

On mine, it's just the stress it applies when its seated. I could try milling the manifod flange at an angle so that it seats more flat and put no stress on the bellow.

Could you use a wedge shaped spacer?

 

[1FastBrick]

Could you use a wedge shaped spacer?

It's more work to make that... I could angle mill the flange on the Up pipe as well I guess. Then I wouldn't have to worry about the Cerakote on the exhaust manifold.

 

[badmatt]

Id sooner cut the tube or the bellow off and re weld. making spacers isnt ideal in sealing surfaces.

 

[SoCalMike]

They are useless in general... I tried to get the little carb sticker that comes in the bag with the fuel fittings and they claim they don't have any more of the stickers. I showed them it was in the bag with no sticker, and the proof of purchase way back when. Said don't worry about, They should know...

Actually the law states the sticker should be present at the time of inspection or you should get a replacement from the manufacture...

I just a Rainman Rey installed The New L5P oil cooler kit and the PPE mounts hit the cross over tube. Mine is on the stand so I can't check. But now I am Curious. I don't want to find out when it goes in.

My merchant mounts clear just fine. That sounds like a PPE issue since the tube did not change positions (if we’re talking about the large front-to-back coolant pipe feeding the oil cooler).


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I just installed my 2020 oil cooler and PPE motor mounts. I just went to check and mine clears. But installed the 2020 oil cooler first when I had the stock mounts and then installed the PPE motor mounts. Install went good. No trouble.

 

[1FastBrick]

I just installed my 2020 oil cooler and PPE motor mounts. I just went to check and mine clears. But installed the 2020 oil cooler first when I had the stock mounts and then installed the PPE motor mounts. Install went good. No trouble.

Good to know!

 

[SoCalMike]

I can see why it wont fit if you all ready installed the mounts and cooler but not the tube. Now the problem is if you need to replace the O-ring on the tube after everything is installed you cant....... but my stock cooler never needed the O-ring replaced so it should last a long time.

After you get all the cooling system buttoned up, make sure you pressure test the cooling system to address any problems before you install everything back on the engine.

 

[Bdsankey]

I can see why it wont fit if you all ready installed the mounts and cooler but not the tube. Now the problem is if you need to replace the O-ring on the tube after everything is installed you cant....... but my stock cooler never needed the O-ring replaced so it should last a long time.

After you get all the cooling system buttoned up, make sure you pressure test the cooling system to address any problems before you install everything back on the engine.

In the youtube video he posted, it appeared that PPE decided to extend the plate rearward and caused the tube to hit the non-flattened section, causing it not to be installed into the cooler.

 

[SoCalMike]

In the youtube video he posted, it appeared that PPE decided to extend the plate rearward and caused the tube to hit the non-flattened section, causing it not to be installed into the cooler.

I didn't see that. I stopped watching the video once he tried to install the tube. Good catch.

 

[SoCalMike]

One more thing guys. Banks says to torque the water pump stud nuts to 80in. lbs. on the oil cooler feed tube. When I did this I pressured tested the system and had a leak at the gasket. I thought about it and that torque spec didn't seem right. I looked it up and in the past I have used 18ft.lbs for that. Torqued them down and no more leak.