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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Moisture in ATF creates acid over time and accelerated with heat...but
that heat is the way moisture is vaporized out. Preventing moisture
intrusion is the first and best way to manage this
Not really.
Unlike an engine, there is no combustion in a tranny so there is no acid build up. This is why we get the change our ATF every 100,000 miles in our tranny's and we have to change our engine oil every 5 to 10,000 miles.
As far as a few drops of water in the system from condensate, it's no big deal. We are talking about a low pressure hydraulic system here not a diesel fuel system with 30,000 PSI pressures.
All in all, you don't want your tranny to run too cold or too hot and with modern tranny's this is not too difficult. Even my old 93 4L80E has a strategy for keep the temps just right and it's over 20 year old technology now.
