Colt4thHorseman
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- Joined
- Jun 30, 2016
- Posts
- 68
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- Ram Year
- 2016
- Engine
- 5.7
I have read a lot of comments and posts about Ram 1500 withe 5.7 L engine oil temperature running hot.
An interesting thought came to my mind when I was reading these posts.
First, I have to agree the oil temperature often gets near 250 on an uphill grade or towing.
Then I thought, why would they (Ram) design and manufacture an engine that the oil temperature gets hot for what the truck was designed to do? Why doesn’t it come with an engine oil cooler as standard equipment?
The earlier versions of the engine and truck never had that problem that I could find.
I stumbled upon Activated Grill Shutters.
When people remove them or disable the the engine always run cooler. As most engines, the 5.7 oil cools as it gives of heat the the coolers metal block it drains down into the pan.
Engine oil usually runs 10-20 degrees hotter than the coolant. Not so with the Ram with active grill shutters installed.
Then I started to read about people reporting coolant and engine oil temperatures dropping dramatically when the shutters were disabled.
That’s the answer. The engine was designed years ago to tow and work without engine oil coolers as standard equipment.
Now that AGS come into existence, the Ram is retiring the hemi soon and will not invest in the oil cooler as standard equipment.
I could be wrong, but every post I read about removing AGS that mentioned oil temperature commented on the reduced oil temp.
One post mentioned when the owner removed the AGS, the engine oil temp that usually ran at 250 while towing, now dropped to only 210 while towing with the AGV removed.
If anyone that has removed or disabled the AGS has a different opinion or agrees, I would love for you to post on this thought.
An interesting thought came to my mind when I was reading these posts.
First, I have to agree the oil temperature often gets near 250 on an uphill grade or towing.
Then I thought, why would they (Ram) design and manufacture an engine that the oil temperature gets hot for what the truck was designed to do? Why doesn’t it come with an engine oil cooler as standard equipment?
The earlier versions of the engine and truck never had that problem that I could find.
I stumbled upon Activated Grill Shutters.
When people remove them or disable the the engine always run cooler. As most engines, the 5.7 oil cools as it gives of heat the the coolers metal block it drains down into the pan.
Engine oil usually runs 10-20 degrees hotter than the coolant. Not so with the Ram with active grill shutters installed.
Then I started to read about people reporting coolant and engine oil temperatures dropping dramatically when the shutters were disabled.
That’s the answer. The engine was designed years ago to tow and work without engine oil coolers as standard equipment.
Now that AGS come into existence, the Ram is retiring the hemi soon and will not invest in the oil cooler as standard equipment.
I could be wrong, but every post I read about removing AGS that mentioned oil temperature commented on the reduced oil temp.
One post mentioned when the owner removed the AGS, the engine oil temp that usually ran at 250 while towing, now dropped to only 210 while towing with the AGV removed.
If anyone that has removed or disabled the AGS has a different opinion or agrees, I would love for you to post on this thought.