Thread: AUTO TRAN COOLER HOSES?

i just bought the 3 transmission line hoses from the uk and they cost me about 250 delivered. From reports on here, the bigger the transmission fluid cooler the better especially when towing! (someone posted on here a report from the company that makes the autos that there only reported failure was from overheating.

I think a p38 fluid cooler was best to use, some people even had the cooler moved to the bullbar!!! $600 sounds about right to me, probably about 2-4 hours work involved.

Just double check your cooler lines are the size he is claiming.

If he is going to replace all hoses, maybe worth doing the tranny filter and new fluid if they havent been done in a while too. Then you have total piece of mind.

I was lucky to pick up a brand new P38 cooler on UK eBAY for around $100 delivered. They reckon that during lock up the pressure in the cooler lines increases to around 200 psi so make sure the cooler can handle that sort of pressure.
Check out this other recent thread for further details.
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery-...on-cooler.html
Cheers
Mark

It's a DriveTech, & it's more like a small radiator, he reckons it's what they're putting in Landcruisers these days. Only been for a small drive around town as yet but can definitely notice the difference.

What differences can you notice?

The transmission tunnel is a LOT cooler (still warm though) also it seems to change up & down, especially down, better when in "D" around town.
The er people who owned it before had joined hoses together by inserting a brass joiner of some sort inside the 1/2" dia hose & the inner diameter was actually smaller than 3/8's plus one hose didn't even have a hose clamp on this joiner. No wonder it was getting HOT & weeping oil, ah well done now & can't wait to get on the h/way to Brissy next week to check it out over distance.