Re: Radiator question

From: David Rand Kirtland (drk16@cornell.edu)
Date: Thu Aug 17 2000 - 21:54:43 EDT


ATF is a lot thinner than engine oil.

At 09:29 PM 8/17/00 EDT, you wrote:
>I saw someone sudgest to use as an oil cooler. Befor you do that think
about this.... In every catalog I have seen they say DO NOT USE TRANNY
COOLERS AS A ENG. OIL COOLER. Why Im not sure. Might be the amount of flow
or pressure limits? Just my 2cents.
>
>Don
>
><< OK my radiator blew up this past weekend and yesterday I replaced it
with a
>brand new unit. Here's my question. On the very bottom of the radiator
>there's two connectors where it looks like hoses should hook into it, each
>about 3/8th's diameter. I ran water through it to see if it ran through the
>main portion of tha radiator but it's not connected to the antifreeze in any
>way. What is this used for?? I thought perhaps for A/C (which I do not
have).
>I can't seem to figure out what portion of the radiator it uses, and if it
>does at all. I figured I could put it to use a an engine oil radiator if
>there's enough surface area.
>
>Anyone know??
>
>-Austin
>Vipertruck
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          David Rand Kirtland
           drk16@cornell.edu



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