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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Engine/Drivetrain => Topic started by: Bitzer! on February 25, 2011, 04:48:04 pm

Title: silly question
Post by: Bitzer! on February 25, 2011, 04:48:04 pm

Hi guys I did warn you about silly questions!

Do you need to run the oil cooler for the trans? If not, what do you do with the hoses!


cheers

Title: Re: silly question
Post by: Grim 82 on February 25, 2011, 04:50:44 pm

Definitely. You will burn up your trans really quickly if you dont have it plumbed through a cooler, either in your radiator, an auxillary cooler, or both.

Title: Re: silly question
Post by: Bitzer! on February 25, 2011, 05:06:56 pm

Cheers Grim > couldn't ask for a quicker answer!

Thought I read somewhere you could by-pass it but was probably tired and making no sense  ;D

Title: Re: silly question
Post by: beastie_3 on February 25, 2011, 05:33:47 pm

no no, you need a cooler. you can bypass the radiator cooler if you think its dirty and just use a aux cooler.

Title: Re: silly question
Post by: Bitzer! on February 25, 2011, 05:38:54 pm

Aha Beastie that's poss what I was reading!

The cooler by that main radiator looks pretty poor so maybe an aux one could be the solution.

cheers guys

Title: Re: silly question
Post by: Captkaos on February 28, 2011, 04:53:06 pm

Run both!

Title: Re: silly question
Post by: Blazin on February 28, 2011, 09:02:26 pm

You should run both coolers.

Title: Re: silly question
Post by: Bitzer! on March 06, 2011, 03:03:46 am

cheers for the info guys.

The cooler that sits infront of the main rad is pretty beat up and was gonna join the hoses  ::)

Looks like I need to spend more $ and get an aux kit too. Is there a min size I shoud go for in an after market product?

cheers as always

Title: Re: silly question
Post by: VileZambonie on March 06, 2011, 06:44:14 am

Do not bypass the radiator cooler. Although it's called a cooler its primary job is to maintain or regualte trans temp. An auxiliary cooler is a good idea if you're doing anything that will generate more heat such as towing, offroading, racing etc.

Title: Re: silly question
Post by: Bitzer! on March 07, 2011, 04:13:43 pm

So (sounding daft!) I can run through the proper rad for pottering about but for anything more use the aux one.

Is there any particular size for the aux one I should aim to use (minimum) please don't say "the bigest" ;)