Added transmission cooler (I thought)
I brought my truck in for a oil change and transmission service. While in I decided to have them add a external transmission cooler. So I got the call it was ready. The shop installed a NAPA rapid coo...
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badsix wrote:
in cool temps its not going to be a problem ether way. its when your pulling a long mountain pass in the middle of August with the outside temperature around 100 deg. your radiator cooler is already near 200 deg engine temp. then your trans starts to heat up pushing the engine temp up more then external cooler has to take care of both sometimes not being able to handle it. I would think its a good idea to bypass the radiator cooler as they did. that keeps the trans heat out of the radiator and in the axillary cooler.
Jay D.
Since the external trans cooler is located in front of the engine radiator, the air going into the engine radiator could be 200 degrees instead of 100 degrees. So how does this improve the engine cooling?
