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Old 29-03-2008, 11:36 PM   #31
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Not trying to start a fight, just wanting to clarify.
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"the whole idea of putting an aftermarket one on is to avoid the risk of the radiator collapsing and pumping coolant thru your transmission"
I was told by my radiator shop that I needed extra cooling if I was doing a lot of towing or hard driving as both these things are likely to make the motor and therefore the radiator run hotter.
they fitted the cooler inlet to the outlet of the rad. cooler as the end result is cooler fluid than if they fitted it to the gearbox, in other words, its more efficient if the fluid entering the new external cooler is "partly" cooled already.
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That is true, but the problem with the standard in-radiator cooler is that the lines corrode, and you can end up with coolant in your trans which isn't pretty!

If you bypass the radiator, you avoid this issue, and the majority of external coolers out there, cool better than the radiator cooler.

Some people cite that trans fluid can actually be too cool, and you should run an external cooler in series with the radiator to bring the fluid up to temp quickly, and while I'm sure this is true, I wonder how many people actually notice anything.
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Old 30-03-2008, 01:52 AM   #32
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Originally Posted by carrie
Not trying to start a fight, just wanting to clarify.
Someone said
"the whole idea of putting an aftermarket one on is to avoid the risk of the radiator collapsing and pumping coolant thru your transmission"
I was told by my radiator shop that I needed extra cooling if I was doing a lot of towing or hard driving as both these things are likely to make the motor and therefore the radiator run hotter.
they fitted the cooler inlet to the outlet of the rad. cooler as the end result is cooler fluid than if they fitted it to the gearbox, in other words, its more efficient if the fluid entering the new external cooler is "partly" cooled already.
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Well, it's your radiator shop against my transmission shop. The mob that look after my transmissions in all my cars for the last 10 years or so, fit trans coolers to taxis, and they ALWAYS by-pass the radiator. But they also use the V8 coolers on the I6 models too - around the size maded-6 was talking about.

But, having said that, if you do fit it "in series" then, yes, putting the cooler after the radiator is the right way to go.
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Old 30-03-2008, 03:00 AM   #33
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Old 30-03-2008, 03:07 AM   #34
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I'll take a photo of mine tommorow, seeing as I have half my intake off already and I need to remove my thermofans to re-ziptie one of my LPG lines.
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Old 30-03-2008, 10:36 AM   #35
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ill chuck this one in for now and get a bigger one soonish then chuck this one in my missus ba.
and justin if u mean by stalling it up at lights nah iv done that like 3 times in the 6 months ive owned the car no point really it just fries the tyres.
but i do drive around on the stall abit so yeah.
i recon this one will do for now i got it for free off a mate so ill slap it on and get a bigger one b4 i go to calder.
cheers josh.
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