Posted: Oct 19 2006 at 9:06pm | IP Logged
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slow_evo;
...If your truck has an automatic transmission it would be smart to install an add on cooler whether you pull the trailer or not.
... The life of the transmission relies on the life of the oil and the additives in the oil. The oil cooling cores in the radiators of modern vehicles that are operating at temperatures over two hundred degrees and are being taxed to handle the added heat of the transmission. And the oil is going back into the transmission too hot. ... Add on coolers should be used as pre-coolers in series with the cooling core in the radiator because cold oil does not work well in the transmission. The job of the add on cooler is to help dissipate heat but why put this additional heat in front of the radiator and the air conditioning condenser
First look for a mounting place away from the exhaust system, there are places under the bed. The cooler will dissipate a lot of heat even without much air flow because the oil will be VERY hot when the transmission is under a load. On top of many front skid plates are good mounting spots. Mount the cooler in the hot out-put line between the transmission and radiator and it and it will be a pre-cooler. I used a clear piece of hose connected to the in and out cooling lines to find out which was which. After connecting the clear hose have someone start the engine while you watch to see which way the bubbles flow to tell which line is which. An after cooler would cool the transmission oil better but still put too much heat into the engine and be too cool in the winter.
TIP: I have noticed many stock cooling lines need to be insulated from headers and pipes....
Have a good one and CUL.. Don S..
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