I know this is a bad picture, from a bad angle, pertaining to a bad question, but I had my grille off when I first got my truck to replace it with one I liked better. I remember seeing some sort of thin cooling unit mounted in front of the radiator. Mounted in a black bracket, with 2 lines coming out of the top. Does a 2.7 ecoboost have some sort of cooler out front besides the radiator? I know the intercooler is down below. I'm not supposed to have an auxiliary trans cooler and it looks suspiciously like one. This picture is peaking down the top. I didn't feel like taking off the whole assembly on a whim. Thanks for the input

 

looks like an engine oil cooler to me.

 

Just realized you can totally see it through the grille.

 

It may be the auxilary trans cooler. Do the lines from this cooler run to the drivers side radiator end tank? The one on my 2014 truck is mounted higher up, directly behind the grille.

 

Well, you could cut he hose and see what color fluid comes out.


J/K though someone might take me seriously. Follow the lines, one should run to the radiator, and if so, is the trans cooler.

 

Well, both lines run to the driver's side, but with all the shrouding and everything under the truck, it is hard to see where they go. There are also two lines on the side of the trans. Just weird. I'm not supposed to have one

 

Trans Cooler

This link shows that is the trans cooler.
I have one on my 17 2.7 screw, too.
That indicates to me that if I want to have the mechanical equivalent of the factory tow package, all I need to add is the heavier sway bar.

 

Heck yes. That's exactly what I thought that meant. 😁