How does the transmission cooler work?
How Does a Transmission Cooler Work? Fluid heated by the transmission, engine, or power steering pump flows to the cooler. Air flowing over the fins of the cooler carries away heat and cools the fluid flowing within the fins. The cooled fluid is routed back through the transmission via the return line.
Does the Nissan Pathfinder have a transmission cooler?
Nissan Pathfinder OE Transmission Cooler.
How effective is a transmission cooler?
After adding a transmission cooler to most vehicles will net an average 20-25 degree drop in trans temps. As pointed out before, transmission temp increases of 20-25 degrees higher than 175 dramatically decrease your fluid and overall transmission’s lifespan.
Does a 2017 Nissan Pathfinder have a transmission cooler?
The 2017 Nissan Pathfinder is both the past and the future. Nissan told us the increase was due to more available engine power and the addition of a transmission cooler. A hitch is standard on the Premium trim and optional on others.
How does the body of a transmission cooler work?
Transmission coolers are designed to disperse heat from the hot fluid flowing through it. For example, a tube and fin style transmission cooler has fins throughout the body of the cooler to help heat escape the tubes.
Do you need a transmission cooler with a fan?
Most common cars will not need to deal with a remote mounted transmission cooler with a fan based on the simplicity of most cars. Another reason a transmission cooler stays cool is because it is independent of the cooler in the radiator. Factory transmission cooler are mounting inside the vehicle’s radiator.
Where is the best place to mount a trans cooler?
Based on this, the best place to mount a cooler would be in front of the air conditioning condenser. This position will allow the trans cooler to get ample air flow while moving in addition to getting air from the engine’s cooling fans when stopped.
Is it better to bypass the factory transmission cooler?
If you live in a very warm area, it may be better to bypass the factory transmission cooler in the radiator in favor of a larger, external transmission cooler.
Why do I put a radiator cooler in my Pathfinder?
The only downside to this, and why when I put my tranmission cooler in- i put it in line with my radiator cooler on my pathfinder, is the radiator does not warm the tranny fluid. So you might get some harder shifts in the morning in the winter.. Nice write up.
How do you get transmission fluid out of trans oil cooler?
You will need to clamp the inlet hose to prevent the transmission fluid from draining out. That’s the long hose leading to the trans oil cooler on the driver’s side. Route the long hose to the right to connect it to the short hose. I used a PVC pipe cutter and cut both hoses at the same time once I decided where to cut.
How to bypass the oil cooler in a Nissan?
Remove the front air spoiler and skid plate. You will need to clamp the inlet hose to prevent the transmission fluid from draining out. That’s the long hose leading to the trans oil cooler on the driver’s side. Route the long hose to the right to connect it to the short hose.
What kind of vacuum cap to use on trans oil cooler?
Vacuum caps covering trans oil cooler hose barbs. I use two 5/16″ vacuum caps to cover the hose barbs on the trans oil cooler. I used the old factory clamps since it doesn’t have to be really tight. It’s just to keep it clean.