01 RAM 2500 Heat Exchanger Coolant Lines.

[BDK]

 

Anyone have an aftermarket supplier of the lines that connect to the side of the HE (coolant lines/metal tubes)?  I am going to keep the HE in place but want to replace these lines as they are 21 years old and starting to leak.  Ideas?

 

Bruce

 

[IBMobile]

That parts diagram does not match the parts diagram in the parts look up section for a 2001 on page 126.   Where did you get that diagram?

 

https://mopar1973man.com/external-media/pdf/2002Ramparts.pdf#view=FitB&page=107

 

[BDK]

IB,

 

I pulled it from here: https://www.detroitmopar.com/oem-parts/mopar-oil-cooler-tube-5011918aa?c=Zz1jb29saW5nJnM9bGluZXMtdHJhbnNtaXNzaW9uLW9pbC1jb29sZXImbD0yNiZuPUFzc2VtYmxpZXMgUGFnZSZhPWRvZGdlJm89cmFtLTI1MDAmeT0yMDAxJnQ9YmFzZSZlPTUtOWwtbDYtZGllc2Vs

 

I think the pic you have is for a 12v and not the 24v.  From what I understand the HE's are different between the two.

 

Bruce

[Mopar1973Man]

Shows discontinued... Here is the same part number. Just look for the OEM part number and then search again you dfind there is aftermarket manufactures. 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Genuine-Chrysler-5011918AA-Transmission-Cooler/dp/B00FZPJ9RU

[IBMobile]

2 hours ago, BDK said:

I think the pic you have is for a 12v and not the 24v. 

No, that diagram is from the 2001-2002 24 valve PDF in the website's 24 valve article section. The part that Mike refers to above is #4 (905011918AA) in the diagram.  

[BDK]

IB,

 

The HE on my son's truck is the one in the first pic I sent.  Perhaps they had more than one style?  His truck is a 2001 2500....

 

Bruce

[IBMobile]

7 hours ago, BDK said:

Perhaps they had more than one style? 

You're correct.  I just went and looked at my heat exchanger and it's the same as your son's.   The part #12 (5011918AA) in your diagram is the same part number as #2 in the forum parts look up diagram.  They look totally different from each other, so something is amiss there.   It is available but for $546.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/402108396391

 

Part #11 (5014171AA) in your diagram is the same as part #4 in the forum parts look up diagram.  It's still available starting at $294.

https://www.moparpartsgiant.com/parts/mopar-tube-oil-cooler~5014171aa.html

 

At those prices I'd find someone to bend me some new ones or in a pinch, get some soft copper tubing and make my own. 

[BDK]

Thanks IB,

 

Not sure why the parts diagram has that "older" HE (assume it is an older style) shown.  Thanks for confirming yours is the same.  May just need to have lines made as those prices are crazy expensive.

 

Bruce

[BDK]

Anyone have an old set of the Coolant lines from the HE?  Just figured I'd ask first..

 

Bruce

[pepsi71ocean]

On 1/12/2022 at 12:24 AM, IBMobile said:

At those prices I'd find someone to bend me some new ones or in a pinch, get some soft copper tubing and make my own. 

 

Soft copper? Do you think it would tolerate that kind of force?

 

I thought there was a company that was making steel braided lines?

[BDK]

Full Send Diesel makes them but only for the transmission lines.  They don't make the coolant lines yet....

 

Bruce

[IBMobile]

1 hour ago, pepsi71ocean said:

Soft copper? Do you think it would tolerate that kind of force?

YES.  Soft copper water lines used in my house with 50 PSI.  I think it will handle the 16 PSI in the truck cooling system.

[LorenS]

3 hours ago, pepsi71ocean said:

Soft copper? Do you think it would tolerate that kind of force?

Lots of air compressors use copper tubing. If you're really worried about get type K, it's the thickest wall among the common varieties. Used for HVAC and that's a pretty high pressure.

[Haggar]

 

I think you will be ok pressure wise.

 

Hag