The only concerns I might have would be whether or not it is built to take
the higher pressure the engine oil is under. Trans fluid through the cooler
is at a very low pressure, certainly lower than engine oil at cold temp.
The other thing is to be certain that it is plumbed in such a way as to put
it in parallel with the oiling system and not in series in the oil filter
circuit. (in the event of a blockage, hose crimp etc).
Steve G.
"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:kbidnWLfB6O__TbdRVn-hg@comcast.com...
> A few weeks ago I replaced my TJ's factory radiator with a Radiator Barn
> 3-core radiator. The one they sent had an automatic trans cooler built
into
> the bottom tank. I have a manual trans in the TJ so I just plugged the
> fittings.
>
> However, I was under my Superduty recently and noticed the factory oil
> cooler lines run from the oil filter mount to a fitting inline with the
> lower rad hose, using cooled coolant to cool the engine oil. So that got
me
> thinking about the feasability of installing such an apparatus on the TJ,
> using the trans cooler lines on the new radiator.
>
> Thoughts? TIA
> ---
> Matt Macchiarolo
> mlmacchiarolo at comcast dot net
>
>

 

The only concerns I might have would be whether or not it is built to take
the higher pressure the engine oil is under. Trans fluid through the cooler
is at a very low pressure, certainly lower than engine oil at cold temp.
The other thing is to be certain that it is plumbed in such a way as to put
it in parallel with the oiling system and not in series in the oil filter
circuit. (in the event of a blockage, hose crimp etc).
Steve G.
"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:kbidnWLfB6O__TbdRVn-hg@comcast.com...
> A few weeks ago I replaced my TJ's factory radiator with a Radiator Barn
> 3-core radiator. The one they sent had an automatic trans cooler built
into
> the bottom tank. I have a manual trans in the TJ so I just plugged the
> fittings.
>
> However, I was under my Superduty recently and noticed the factory oil
> cooler lines run from the oil filter mount to a fitting inline with the
> lower rad hose, using cooled coolant to cool the engine oil. So that got
me
> thinking about the feasability of installing such an apparatus on the TJ,
> using the trans cooler lines on the new radiator.
>
> Thoughts? TIA
> ---
> Matt Macchiarolo
> mlmacchiarolo at comcast dot net
>
>

 

The only concerns I might have would be whether or not it is built to take
the higher pressure the engine oil is under. Trans fluid through the cooler
is at a very low pressure, certainly lower than engine oil at cold temp.
The other thing is to be certain that it is plumbed in such a way as to put
it in parallel with the oiling system and not in series in the oil filter
circuit. (in the event of a blockage, hose crimp etc).
Steve G.
"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:kbidnWLfB6O__TbdRVn-hg@comcast.com...
> A few weeks ago I replaced my TJ's factory radiator with a Radiator Barn
> 3-core radiator. The one they sent had an automatic trans cooler built
into
> the bottom tank. I have a manual trans in the TJ so I just plugged the
> fittings.
>
> However, I was under my Superduty recently and noticed the factory oil
> cooler lines run from the oil filter mount to a fitting inline with the
> lower rad hose, using cooled coolant to cool the engine oil. So that got
me
> thinking about the feasability of installing such an apparatus on the TJ,
> using the trans cooler lines on the new radiator.
>
> Thoughts? TIA
> ---
> Matt Macchiarolo
> mlmacchiarolo at comcast dot net
>
>