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    Default Aux transmission cooler location

    Hey guys,

    I’ll be doin a bunch of work this weekend on my 05 XC70. While I’m replacing the radiator I’m also going to splice in an auxiliary transmission cooler. My question is what is the optimal location for splicing in?

    Is it better to have it plumbed before the radiator (Aux->radiator) or after (radiator->Aux)? I’ve seen conflicting opinions across various forums so I was wondering what your take on it would be?

    Thanks!

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    After.

    And with a thermostat.

    So, when it’s cold, the trans fluid is warmed up more quickly. When it’s really hot, the trans fluid rejects a bit of heat to the radiator, then the trans cooler takes it below coolant temp.

    Done before, your trans fluid will always be quite hot. Greater than or equal to coolant temp and that’s above the optimum for trans fluid.

    Plumb in a filter while you’re at it.

    See this thread:http://www.volvoxc.com/forums/showth...sh-From-Bottom

    I recently did this same installation in my son’s 2001 T5. Cooler. Thermostat. Filter. Pictures above before I put the bumper cover back on.
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    After the radiator, I placed mine up high behind the upper grill after removing the bumper cover and instead of one splice coupling I used a Magnefine inline filter. Transmissions have never been know to fail from over cooling, but over heating is a prime cause of failure
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    Thanks for the responses.

    Question about the thermostat, is it absolutely necessary? And if so is 180 really the best temp or should I look for one that goes a bit cooler like 160?

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    I think it’s important to have a thermostat.

    If it’s -25, as can happen in the mountains, or Vermont, I don’t want that fluid staying too cold because it is constantly flowing through an external oil-air cooler.

    My Tundra, for example, has both an oil cooler that exchanges heat with the engine coolant (and thus warms the oil) a big external oil-air transmission cooler, that has a thermostat which opens at about 200. I think they do that for fuel economy (lower viscosity = lower internal drag)

    160 would be ideal, I think, but I’ve not found one.

    They may be available. Just not easily...

    Still, if Toyota thinks 200F is OK, 180F is probably just fine.
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    Thanks so much for the insight, very much appreciated.

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