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Originally Posted by nujac
....so it does not make sense ...to heat up my fluid by running it through the radiator. ...
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the trans fluid is not run t
hrough the radiator per se. it is run through part of that assembly reserved to
cool the trans fluid only, the same way the main part of the radiator is used to cool the coolant, i.e. by heat transfer, which it seems to do quite efficiently, though any number of people seem to add 'external' trans coolers (radiators), especially those who do alot of towing and/or steep-grade mountain driving.
as to the temperature, i think it depends on where you locate the sensor. the two spots i've seen are either the inlet or outlet of the cooler (depending on whether you want to know how hot it's gotten or how hot after it's cooled), and also in a tapped hole in the trans itself which is the same size as the aftermarket trans temp gauge pickup sensors.
//bc