Auto gearbox fluid cooler
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Auto gearbox fluid cooler
Hello all,
Has anyone ever fitted a transmission fluid cooler to their car? Mines the ZF 4HP14 box...presumably all 480 autos have this...and even though this box is also fitted to many different cars I could not seem to find a ready made cooler for it
One idea I had was just to install some kind of small radiator (e.g. oil cooler type) in the water feed line just prior to the heat exchanger on the gearbox. The car has an ECU from Robou so I was going to put one somewhere anyway....
Any advice on a universal type of heat exchanger for ATF or coolant would be much appreciated!
Has anyone ever fitted a transmission fluid cooler to their car? Mines the ZF 4HP14 box...presumably all 480 autos have this...and even though this box is also fitted to many different cars I could not seem to find a ready made cooler for it
One idea I had was just to install some kind of small radiator (e.g. oil cooler type) in the water feed line just prior to the heat exchanger on the gearbox. The car has an ECU from Robou so I was going to put one somewhere anyway....
Any advice on a universal type of heat exchanger for ATF or coolant would be much appreciated!
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Re: Auto gearbox fluid cooler
Bump!
Anyway, I guess not. I see the water hose that runs from the oil filter (cooler?) to the auto gearbox heat exchanger, probably this is as good as I will get as the hose is just behind the radiator fan....
Anyway, I guess not. I see the water hose that runs from the oil filter (cooler?) to the auto gearbox heat exchanger, probably this is as good as I will get as the hose is just behind the radiator fan....
Current:
Volvo S60 '04
Renault 21 '91
Subaru Legacy '05
Mazda RX-7 '93
Renault 5 '84
Previous:
440 2 litre, 440 Turbo, 460 Turbo, 480 Turbo x2, 854 T-5R, S40 T4, V40 T4, S70 T5 & R, V70 R x2, S60 R
Volvo S60 '04
Renault 21 '91
Subaru Legacy '05
Mazda RX-7 '93
Renault 5 '84
Previous:
440 2 litre, 440 Turbo, 460 Turbo, 480 Turbo x2, 854 T-5R, S40 T4, V40 T4, S70 T5 & R, V70 R x2, S60 R
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Re: Auto gearbox fluid cooler
Sorry I missed this post...I can't see the image for some reason....I have PM'd you my email address
Current:
Volvo S60 '04
Renault 21 '91
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Renault 5 '84
Previous:
440 2 litre, 440 Turbo, 460 Turbo, 480 Turbo x2, 854 T-5R, S40 T4, V40 T4, S70 T5 & R, V70 R x2, S60 R
Volvo S60 '04
Renault 21 '91
Subaru Legacy '05
Mazda RX-7 '93
Renault 5 '84
Previous:
440 2 litre, 440 Turbo, 460 Turbo, 480 Turbo x2, 854 T-5R, S40 T4, V40 T4, S70 T5 & R, V70 R x2, S60 R
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Re: Auto gearbox fluid cooler
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Current:
Volvo S60 '04
Renault 21 '91
Subaru Legacy '05
Mazda RX-7 '93
Renault 5 '84
Previous:
440 2 litre, 440 Turbo, 460 Turbo, 480 Turbo x2, 854 T-5R, S40 T4, V40 T4, S70 T5 & R, V70 R x2, S60 R
Volvo S60 '04
Renault 21 '91
Subaru Legacy '05
Mazda RX-7 '93
Renault 5 '84
Previous:
440 2 litre, 440 Turbo, 460 Turbo, 480 Turbo x2, 854 T-5R, S40 T4, V40 T4, S70 T5 & R, V70 R x2, S60 R
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Re: Auto gearbox fluid cooler
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Re: Auto gearbox fluid cooler
that's the fella. Originally I was wondering if I could fit a larger/more effective version of this somehow, but probably a good compromise would be to fit a heat exchanger in one of those hoses..............as suggested by Robou although his intent was better cooling for engine oil I think.
Thanks MK
Thanks MK
Current:
Volvo S60 '04
Renault 21 '91
Subaru Legacy '05
Mazda RX-7 '93
Renault 5 '84
Previous:
440 2 litre, 440 Turbo, 460 Turbo, 480 Turbo x2, 854 T-5R, S40 T4, V40 T4, S70 T5 & R, V70 R x2, S60 R
Volvo S60 '04
Renault 21 '91
Subaru Legacy '05
Mazda RX-7 '93
Renault 5 '84
Previous:
440 2 litre, 440 Turbo, 460 Turbo, 480 Turbo x2, 854 T-5R, S40 T4, V40 T4, S70 T5 & R, V70 R x2, S60 R