06 H3
a.k.a. "The Jackal"
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After researching this topic and realizing there was so much info and for better or worse there is so much varying info I feel like I know less then I did before I started...Well I am much more confused, thats for sure. Yesterday on the LCC I took it out of 4 lo on after the rocky section, we are on a dirt road with some hills so the trans is constantly shifting and next thing I know my trans temp is at 244.:gaah:
I mentioned something about the scangauge yesterday, the nicest thing about having one is that you can watch your trans temp and the worst thing about having one is you can watch your trans temp. I feel like I cant be alone here. I know these motors run hot and seeing the trans cooler is in the radiator it just jumps the heat up. So I have done some research on this topic, on trans coolers in general, not H3 specific. So from what I have read,
The pros of a external cooler are
-Runs cooler
-dont run the risk of leaking your trans fluid into your engine coolant
The pros of the stock internal cooler
-Warms up the temp quickly
-It was done in the factory, there must be a reason right?
Cons of external cooler
-temps too cold in the winter?
Cons of internal cooler
-can leak and leave a hefty motor and trans repair bill.
I dont have the money for a Ron Davis radiator, and that would probably help decrease the chance of leaking the trans fluid and engine coolant and having the problem cotilio recently had and probably not help the cooling too much, maybe a little. Anyone have one to chime in. I want to take care of these heat issues before 110 degree weather. So do I run a external cooler with the internal cooler? Almost like It goes from the trans to the external cooler to the internal stock cooler back to the trans? Or just the external and close off the internal one. I also dont wanna run too cool in the winters, We get 115 in the summer but we will hit 25-30 in the winter and if I go up to the mountains it gets colder then that.
Open to advice and ideas.
I mentioned something about the scangauge yesterday, the nicest thing about having one is that you can watch your trans temp and the worst thing about having one is you can watch your trans temp. I feel like I cant be alone here. I know these motors run hot and seeing the trans cooler is in the radiator it just jumps the heat up. So I have done some research on this topic, on trans coolers in general, not H3 specific. So from what I have read,
The pros of a external cooler are
-Runs cooler
-dont run the risk of leaking your trans fluid into your engine coolant
The pros of the stock internal cooler
-Warms up the temp quickly
-It was done in the factory, there must be a reason right?
Cons of external cooler
-temps too cold in the winter?
Cons of internal cooler
-can leak and leave a hefty motor and trans repair bill.
I dont have the money for a Ron Davis radiator, and that would probably help decrease the chance of leaking the trans fluid and engine coolant and having the problem cotilio recently had and probably not help the cooling too much, maybe a little. Anyone have one to chime in. I want to take care of these heat issues before 110 degree weather. So do I run a external cooler with the internal cooler? Almost like It goes from the trans to the external cooler to the internal stock cooler back to the trans? Or just the external and close off the internal one. I also dont wanna run too cool in the winters, We get 115 in the summer but we will hit 25-30 in the winter and if I go up to the mountains it gets colder then that.
Open to advice and ideas.