Eyehategod310 Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 i was browsing random stuff and i came across this. my tranny gets real hot and i tow things from time to time which puts a beating on it. would this help me out at all or would i be throwing away money? and would the install be real difficult? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nunya Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 You haven't read around here and done alot of research I take it... trans cooler is a big on autos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyehategod310 Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 oh thanks nunya i'll search up some stuff on here for further answers then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manifesto Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 (edited) definitely NOT a waste of money a tranny cooler is probably the single BEST investment you can make for your automatic rig relatively easy to install -- check the Garage section and How-To's =) Doctor Bill's write up on the AT Cooler starts on Page 3 somewheres or there's this one Tmoore did a write up of his own here hopefully those should help Edited July 13, 2010 by Manifesto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbdevega Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 if i remember correctly, for auto's a tranny cooler is a must. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Lets put it this way, is a $50 investment worth a $2,000+ rebuild job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 if i remember correctly, for auto's a tranny cooler is a must. Yep, stock cooler is prone to clogging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manifesto Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 (edited) Most Nissan techs that I've talked to recommend bypassing the stock radiator all together and leaving the job to an after market unit. Anything above 16000 GVW will do the job =) Jegs carries Derale Flex-a-Lite 26,000 GVW coolers for $41.99 http://www.jegs.com/i/Flex-a-lite/400/3826/10002/-1 throw that puppy in and keep up with your ATF change intervals and your auto tranny should last you forever Edited July 14, 2010 by Manifesto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VW_Factor Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Planned on doing this soon, adding a new tranny cooler. Figured I would change the fluid as well. (been about 30k since its last change). While I have all the hoses off and such, using the output, in a bucket to catch the old fluid.. Will the pump in the tranny be enough to suck new fluid out of a container? Figured it would be a decent method to help "flush" out the old fluid and replace with new... Think this would be an acceptable method, or would this even work at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmoore4512 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 It was not enough for me, but it may be different for you. I had to add fluid...but then again I dropped the pan.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSlowReliable Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I've heard of draining it that way, but as far as filling it, I believe our pump creates pressure, not a vacuum so it won't pick fluid back up, only spit it through the OUT pipe. I modified a piece of rubber siphon tubing to fit into the dipstick tube and simply put a funnel in the other end, then hung the funnel from the open hood via coat hanger and pour in 4.5 qt or so (I only drained pan via drain plug) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VW_Factor Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 After getting into it yesterday evening, the fluid is still in great shape. Brightly colored, and no odd smell at all. Figure I will leave it alone for the time being, or until I can rig up that siphon thingy for putting fluid in the dipstick tube. I know it'll use more fluid that way, but it will flush out a lot of the old fluid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverton Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Mister510 is letting me borrow a pyrometer so I've been messing around with it. After ~45 miles of mostly freeway driving, his transmission was running about 180* and mine was closer to 150*. He's just running his stock radiator and I'm running a fresh radiator with a 12,000GVW cooler as well. These temps were taking from the bottom of the transmission pan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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