Trans cooler fliud route
Although I've been towing for years, and have always had a transmission cooler on every tow vehicle, I can't remember whether the fluid should come from the trans thru the cooler then to the rad and o...
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Another of these never ending opinions...
Most all OEM setups has the ATF go to the external aux first, then into the main radiator
ATF needs to operate in a range...can be too cold or too hot (worse)
It needs to see a min temp in order to get rid of over nite condensation, so has to see the main radiator coolant temps before going back to the tranny
Almost semantics...whether before or after the main radiator in 'most' conditions...but in very cold areas...it may not get warm enough to vaporized that moisture....which has a high change of turning acidic to rot out parts of the tranny innards
I always plumb my external ATF aux radiators BEFORE the main radiator
Most all OEM setups has the ATF go to the external aux first, then into the main radiator
ATF needs to operate in a range...can be too cold or too hot (worse)
It needs to see a min temp in order to get rid of over nite condensation, so has to see the main radiator coolant temps before going back to the tranny
Almost semantics...whether before or after the main radiator in 'most' conditions...but in very cold areas...it may not get warm enough to vaporized that moisture....which has a high change of turning acidic to rot out parts of the tranny innards
I always plumb my external ATF aux radiators BEFORE the main radiator
