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Old 09-23-2007, 10:58 AM
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I installed my 24k flexalite cooler yesterday in front of my condensor and grabbed the fluid from the bottom of the radiator which i just learned is the inlet side for the stock cooler. So basically my aftermarket cooler feeds into my stock cooler. I read that this is not the best routing and was just wondering why.
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you want to cool it after it has gone through the radiator,or else you are actually cooling then reheating.just switch it around.
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right...Your radiator water is "cooling" the tranny fluid to about the temp of the water. If you precool it with an aftermarket setup first, the tranny cooler starts to work backwards, taking heat away from the water (re-heating it to the water temp making your new cooler totally ineffective)
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i got her switched around last night, thanks for the info guys




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