Radiator woes

[Huw Powell]

Oopsie, back to square one, then.

I think running the tranny with no cooling is a really bad idea.  Can 
you figure out a way to Tee in some coolant flow to those cooler lines? 
  Perhaps in the expansion tank inlet and outlet hoses?

I assume the tranny cooler is passive wrt to flow and the engine's water 
pump does all the work?

If not, and it has its own little pump (or you want to add one...) you 
rig up a separate coolant filled system for it, just remember to allow 
for expansion.  That sounds like a lot of fun.

I'd look harder for the correct radiator, or look into something 
"custom" made.

On 8/10/2011 7:02 PM, George Selby wrote:
> At 03:00 PM 8/10/2011, you wrote:
>> If you do opt for a radiator without the trans cooler, you'll need to
>> connect those lines together, not block them off.
>>
>> Or, you could connect them to separate trans cooler, which is what I'd
>> recommend.
>
> I don't know for sure about 84 models, but on my 1990 200 turbo the
> tranny oil cooler runs a bit different than we Americans are used to.
> The tranny cooler lines leading to the radiator run coolant back to a
> water to oil cooler mounted on the transmission. If this is the case,
> you could just leave the lines either blocked off or just unconnected.
> Typically on cars over here transmission fluid is piped up to the radiator.
>
>
> George Selby
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