ATF Cooler?!?!

[POPEYE]

Anyone see any problem with makeing a cooler out of an intercooler rad, it's a smallish trooper rad about 12"x9" made a plate up on one end with a 8mm tail, but need to get a plate alloy welded on the other end, i know the fluids got to get hot but my engine running (or was) in the 90c's

[POPEYE]

Yes? no? dont know? dont give a ****?

[pirate-storm]

Yes? no? dont know? dont give a ****?

i'll answer i prefer the later of what you said i dont know m8

[Slugsie]

I also don't know. However, an intercooler rad is designed for gasses not oil so I'd go with not suitable. But I may be wrong, which is probable.

[nero279]

again only guessing, but the intercooler must be designed for a really high flow rate & volume, no idea what the ATF flows like but the volume and rate can't be that high due to the size of the pipes

[JUDWAK]

from what i been told my condencer rad for the air con has been made into a atf cooler it leaks from a poped off pipe but its getting looked at at this mo

[The Lovely Boyo]

One of the guys moved to Spain and used his air con condenser as an ATF cooler - it worked.

The intercooler would see pressures of about 10ish psi. The tranny pressures are quite low - notice the pipes are only held on with spring clips. So the cooler should cope with tranny pressure.

I fitted one recently using a cooler off ebay - brand new delivered from the states = £22.

http://www.hiluxsurf.co.uk/forums/sh...ad.php?t=36364

So I suppose my comment is why take the chance - get a real one - although where's the fun in that eh?

[POPEYE]

One of the guys moved to Spain and used his air con condenser as an ATF cooler - it worked.

The intercooler would see pressures of about 10ish psi. The tranny pressures are quite low - notice the pipes are only held on with spring clips. So the cooler should cope with tranny pressure.

I fitted one recently using a cooler off ebay - brand new delivered from the states = £22.

http://www.hiluxsurf.co.uk/forums/sh...ad.php?t=36364

So I suppose my comment is why take the chance - get a real one - although where's the fun in that eh?

Exactly!! there nothing better than a streak of red oil down the road
I did'nt think pressure would be a prob cos of the hose clips, was thinking more about the extra volume of atf, about 1 1/2lt more than standard ammount, but cant see a prob, i can fill the rad via a small funnel, the rads got a blancing plug at the unner edge so i can vent it as i fill, think i'll have a go, worst case is the pully will fall off so WTF