Oil Cooler Gasket Alternative

mattbta said:

i run this that has an o-ring for sealing: https://www.ictbillet.com/oil-port-adapter-cooler-delete-block-off-plate-ls1-ls-lsx-gasket-pan.html

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This is the one I have as well. It’s been on for around a year, and bone dry..

mattbta said:

i run this that has an o-ring for sealing: https://www.ictbillet.com/oil-port-adapter-cooler-delete-block-off-plate-ls1-ls-lsx-gasket-pan.html

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I ran this one for a year or so before getting an oil cooler. I gave it to my buddy and he installed it as-is with the used O-ring. It's been doing fine on his for about a year now.

The metal gasket works just fine. Pretty much all gaskets are like that now unless it’s RTV.

I highly recommend anything ICT billet makes. I’ve used a couple of their products including an EGR block off kit. It’s high quality stuff.

I would agree with Rocket Man on ICT billet products. However, I went a different route with this very similar product I bought on Amazon. Top quality and easy to install, it has been installed for over a year with around 10K miles - no leaks.

RAMurphy said:

I would agree with Rocket Man on ICT billet products. However, I went a different route with this very similar product I bought on Amazon. Top quality and easy to install, it has been installed for over a year with around 10K miles - no leaks.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08S326YYY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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That’s a good price and free one day shipping for Prime customers. Looks like the same thing.

Rocket Man said:

That’s a good price and free one day shipping for Prime customers. Looks like the same thing.

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I haven't seen their plain block-off plate on Amazon in a while. Their plates with various ports are there. I wonder if there was a design infringement issue that Z Whip won.

It's only a few bucks more than the stock metal replacement gasket but should hold better/longer.

Question, If i pull the cooler lines and put the block off plate on, I can keep my radiator with out issue?

live2pull said:

Question, If i pull the cooler lines and put the block off plate on, I can keep my radiator with out issue?

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Yes, but why would you do that? If there are no leaks and it does cool the oil and there is no oil cooler problems, I would use the oil cooler ability.

live2pull said:

Question, If i pull the cooler lines and put the block off plate on, I can keep my radiator with out issue?

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Yes you can if you don’t want the oil cooler anymore or if you’re afraid it might start leaking internally in the radiator like a recent post I saw here. The internal oil and trans coolers are great until they leak inside the radiator and mix coolant and oil or trans fluid. I know coolant getting into a transmission will quickly do major damage, same with getting it into the engine oil. I replaced my trans with a new OEM one at 150k for this very reason. I was relieved when I cut open the old radiator afterward and the internal coolers still looked new. So why not just buy a new radiator instead of losing oil cooling capacity?