Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 08:35 pm, by: James Harris(Haro)
they always seem to get pretty warm its probably nothing to worry about.
but just check the fluid levels using the dipstick.
Also you can add a transmission cooler if you want, they are pretty cheap from a wrecker (i used one off a Mitsubishi Magna $25). Run the hose from after the radiator then into the tranny cooler then into the tranny.
cool...
Don Bagnall Moderator New Zealand I have LESS Soarers than Hayden :-(
Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 09:35 am, by: Don Bagnall(Baggs)
If you have an aftermarket exhaust fitted, then it's quite possible that you have no heat shields on the exhaust pipes any more. The absence of these does make a difference to the heat inside the car.
Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 02:58 pm, by: Daniel Clarke(Dieseltrain)
James, Always best to run a Tranny cooler into the New cooler, then into the Radiator then back to the tranny. This way Temps dont drop too low on travelling, and also helps the fluids warm up properly to operating temp in a correct fashion. A few guys i have spoken to recomended changing to this way, as they said they have had problems with the tranny fluid taking too long to get up to temp. Also sometimes too cold after a highway run. This is on a street car of course.
Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 08:44 pm, by: Daniel Clarke(Dieseltrain)
Doesnt defeat the purpose. The factory cooler is there to help keep the Fluid at Optimal operating temperature. The reason people use an aftermarket cooler in line, is to help the temps get down as the factory cooler may not be able to drag temps down as much as needed.
Im only quoting what i was told by a shop. Figures are not correct but paint a picture.
Oil temp coming out of Box is say 120 Degrees. Goes through factory cooler, which reduces it to operating temperature of coolant system which is around 90degrees. Under stress such as towing/Standing on the converter/ Track use, May push the oil temp to say 135degrees. After going through the factory cooler, it is only being pulled back down to say 105. Its not optimal.
Aftermarket option:- Oil leaves Gearbox at 135. Passes through External oil cooler, reducing it to 75. Runs back through Factory cooler bringing it back up to 90degrees. As this temp is the optimal temp for oil viscocity and line pressures to work at optimal settings.
We dont thrash our motors when they are still not quite up to temp, so a gearbox kind of works in the same fashion. Like i said tho, Dont quote me as completely correct on this, Its just how i was told from a shop that would be the best way to run it on a street car.
And if you or anyone is running it any differently, and have no problems with it, Then i totally understand. And it would be kewl to know as it gives people more options on how they wanna run their tranny oil cooler system
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