oil cooler

[snowy]

hi all just bought my first surf a 1991 2.4 ssr auto . it is brilliant much better than the disco i p/xd. i want to tow with it is an oil cooler standard ? there are 2 pipes coming out right side of g/box is that it ? cheers

[jotto]

hi all just bought my first surf a 1991 2.4 ssr auto . it is brilliant much better than the disco i p/xd. i want to tow with it is an oil cooler standard ? there are 2 pipes coming out right side of g/box is that it ? cheers

Hi and welcome to this wonderful but slightly mad place on the web
The oil cooler is built into the rad some have fitted extra oil coolers and some haven't the choice is yours. ENJOY

[snowy]

oil cooler

cheers mate i am having a good time here

[rubblebags]

cheers mate i am having a good time here

Hi Snowy

come down to the basement there's loads of answers to the questions your going to ask in the towing thread.



Geoff.

[Malenibo]

welcome Snowy, I too part exed a D---o for the Surf and I have not stopped grinning yet, I have been towing caravans since 1975 with several towcars in that time some manual some auto. I can say that there is nothing like heat to kill an auto gearbox and the standard cooler fitted as part of the rad is not man enough to dissapate the extra heat produced by towing. As a matter of couse I have always fitted an additional oil cooler. Kenlow do one for the Surf around £100 and it is DIY fitting.

[snowy]

oil cooler

cheers lads my surf has a radiator behind the steering guard with pipes going to g/box as well as main rad behind grille

[TonyN]

cheers lads my surf has a radiator behind the steering guard with pipes going to g/box as well as main rad behind grille

That usually the aircon rad.

[FrankW]

hi all just bought my first surf a 1991 2.4 ssr auto . it is brilliant much better than the disco i p/xd. i want to tow with it is an oil cooler standard ? there are 2 pipes coming out right side of g/box is that it ? cheers

You will find that the pipes coming out of your gearbox go to an oil cooler fitted inside the bottom tank of your radiator. In Oz it has been found to be very inneficient. I myself had the bottom tank replaced with a standard tank out of a manual Hilux (no oil cooler) and I fitted a seperate oil cooler in front of my radiator. I have done many Klms towing a boat and have had no overheating problems.

FrankW

[snoopy]

[QUOTE=FrankW]You will find that the pipes coming out of your gearbox go to an oil cooler fitted inside the bottom tank of your radiator. In Oz it has been found to be very inneficient. I myself had the bottom tank replaced with a standard tank out of a manual Hilux (no oil cooler) and I fitted a seperate oil cooler in front of my radiator. I have done many Klms towing a boat and have had no overheating problems.
WOT ARE THEY LIKE TO FIT DO YOU HAVE A DIAGRAM TO DO THE JOB AND DOSE THE HOSES FIT STRAIGHT ON TO THE ONE AT KEN LOWE.S