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Offline Bitzer!

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silly question
« 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!


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Offline Grim 82

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Re: silly question
« Reply #1 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.
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Re: silly question
« Reply #2 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
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Re: silly question
« Reply #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.
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Re: silly question
« Reply #4 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.

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Re: silly question
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2011, 04:53:06 pm »
Run both!
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Re: silly question
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2011, 09:02:26 pm »
You should run both coolers.
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Re: silly question
« Reply #7 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?

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Re: silly question
« Reply #8 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.
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Re: silly question
« Reply #9 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" ;)
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