skunks

hi, does anybody know of a trans cooler is the same part as the oil cooler? will it fit the quick disconencts?

Scrub

iTrader: (25)

I would think that the trans cooler, if there is one, would have the same sized fittings but the cooler itself would be smaller. Does the 7 even come with a tranny oil cooler???

Snook

iTrader: (12)

the automatic has a cooler right? I heard it's the same thing as the oil cooler or coolers we have

maxpesce

Visually they look the same - I think the Trans cooler is the same as the R-1 Rt Side cooler.

weaklink

does that mean that it has a built in thermostat?

maxpesce

I Don't Know Good Question

93BlackFD

you can get trans coolers from pepboys for like, $70, why can't we use those as oil coolers?

RonKMiller

You can, and they work quite well.

One thing to keep in mind though - oil has an optimal temperature range - too hot or too cold is not good.
If you go with any mod to oil cooling you really need to have a gauge to monitor it.

It IS possible to ruin an engine by not having the oil hot enough.

FormerPorscheGuy

Or you could just get an oil thermostat to controls the temperature.

weaklink

You HAVE to get a thermostat if you use it for oil, otherwise it will burst. Not sure about the tranny side though, which is what I want to find out.

Moxeys93RX7

im not sure about auto FD's (never seen one) but almost every automatic car i have seen the tranny cooler is actually built into the radiator. it uses the force of the ATF pumping to flow through the radiator. im not sure if it will work on a manual tranny as there isn't anything to pump the gear oil it just works basically by splashing. jeg's sells a dual cooler kit u can im going to try to use as a manual tranny/oil cooler if i can get it to work