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What are the consequences of overcooloing an aw4 tranny. I am thinking of routing my trans fluid through my ac condensor. thanks seth
lawsoncl said:You guys missed his other thread where he said the stock cooler in the radiator was plugged up.
1985xjlaredo said:Would it really help to run it through the condenser and then trough the radiator? Seems like you would just be heating the fluid up to the same temp as it would be with out running it through the condenser. And at what temp would the fluid be it it was run only through the condenser? If you do make this modification I would install a trans temp gage to see where the temp is really at. Even in the morning on a cold start with it running through the radiator heat exchanger the fluid wont get much benefit from the coolant until it warms up and by that time the trans temp should be close to it operating temp. I just think that going from the trans to the condenser to the radiator and then to the trans would be a waste of tubing and time. Not to mention more points to start leaking fluid.
1985xjlaredo said:Would it really help to run it through the condenser and then trough the radiator? Seems like you would just be heating the fluid up to the same temp as it would be with out running it through the condenser. And at what temp would the fluid be it it was run only through the condenser? If you do make this modification I would install a trans temp gage to see where the temp is really at. Even in the morning on a cold start with it running through the radiator heat exchanger the fluid wont get much benefit from the coolant until it warms up and by that time the trans temp should be close to it operating temp. I just think that going from the trans to the condenser to the radiator and then to the trans would be a waste of tubing and time. Not to mention more points to start leaking fluid.
Blaine B. said:Run it through the radiator cooler after it passes through the ac condenser.
That way it shouldn't be too cool after it passes through the toasty radiator.
Sounds like a good combination to me.
Blaine B. said:Not always. If they knew best the XJ's wouldnt have rottom bottoms