I'm hoping some of the Guru's here like Gary Allan will take notice of this thread.
I have bought a 5000lb trailer that I am going to tow with my Chev Avalanche. I am planning on installing an aux transmission fluid cooler after the in-radiator cooler, as well as an aux. spin-on transmission fluid filter.
By my rough estimation I am going to add at least 8' of additional plumbing into the trans cooling circuit. My circuit would look like this based on flow of fluid: trans---> radiator----> aux cooler---> filter mount---> trans. I would put the filter before the radiator, but that would involve interrupting the factory lines twice, which I do not want to do. I had four questions arising out of this:
1. Does this trans cooler circuit look like the correct way to do it?
2. The trans cooler options have either a 3/8" hose barb or a 5/16" inverted flare outlet. I prefer the inverted flare option due to the integrity of the connection. However, I am concerned about restricting flow. On the other hand, for a hose-barb to go inside a 3/8" hose, you have to narrow the hose ID where the hose barb goes inside. The inverted flare connection may not have the same restriction, and as such, are we talking about the same thing from a restriction/pressure drop perspective?
3. Is at least 8' of hose going to cause a significant pressure drop that I should worry about? I do not want to damage the transmission while trying to protect it.
4. What amount of pressure will the trans cooler lines need to be able to withstand?
Thanks in advance for anyone's thoughts here.
Jim
I have bought a 5000lb trailer that I am going to tow with my Chev Avalanche. I am planning on installing an aux transmission fluid cooler after the in-radiator cooler, as well as an aux. spin-on transmission fluid filter.
By my rough estimation I am going to add at least 8' of additional plumbing into the trans cooling circuit. My circuit would look like this based on flow of fluid: trans---> radiator----> aux cooler---> filter mount---> trans. I would put the filter before the radiator, but that would involve interrupting the factory lines twice, which I do not want to do. I had four questions arising out of this:
1. Does this trans cooler circuit look like the correct way to do it?
2. The trans cooler options have either a 3/8" hose barb or a 5/16" inverted flare outlet. I prefer the inverted flare option due to the integrity of the connection. However, I am concerned about restricting flow. On the other hand, for a hose-barb to go inside a 3/8" hose, you have to narrow the hose ID where the hose barb goes inside. The inverted flare connection may not have the same restriction, and as such, are we talking about the same thing from a restriction/pressure drop perspective?
3. Is at least 8' of hose going to cause a significant pressure drop that I should worry about? I do not want to damage the transmission while trying to protect it.
4. What amount of pressure will the trans cooler lines need to be able to withstand?
Thanks in advance for anyone's thoughts here.
Jim