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Old 02-09-2006, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by ensteele
Well, I would bet my pennies to your dollars that you didn't look in the How-To Documents for the answer or you would have found it.

Look at this picture for your answer. The fluid goes from the transmission into the passenger side of the radiator and back out of the drivers side which goes to an external filter, or back to the transmission. Good luck.
Nice diagram, but I again disagree with the placement of the air cooled unit after the radiator. The air cooled unit should be before the radiator to remove the most heat, then run through the radiator to stabilize the temperature to the 80C/176F that the trans needs to operate properly.

With the air cooled unit last, it can cool the ATF lower than 80C/176F. The trans then will unlock the converter, to allow the torque converter to operate, to raise the temperature to the desired 80C/176F. If on a cold day, it cools down to 10C/50F, it will change back to 3rd. So fuel consumption will increase.

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