Jucin

Title says it. Is it built into the radiator or in front and separate?
Thanks fellas

Stephen00TL

Unless there was an aftermarket one added we don't have one

Jucin

Wow! Are you kidding! No wonder why these Trans constantly take a shit.

Skirmich

An ATF cooler wont fix an Internal Design Flaw tough.. ATF Temps have nothing to do with our Issue... Its lack of Lubrication.

Jucin

Ok well a cooler wouldn't heart since almost every car has one. Are there any external lines besides the filter?

fsttyms1

Only the 99 had the trans cooler built into the radiator and lines to go to it.
Sure it wont hurt, but a trans cooler WILL NOT help the design flaw these trans have. Heat/fluid temp isnt the issue, getting enough fluid to the 3rd gear clutchpack is the issue. I had 4 failures with a trans cooler. The line that the external filter/oil jet connect to is also the line that you attach to for an external cooler.

Skirmich

Locate the ATF Filter below the Engine Air Filter tube.

You should see a Metal tube coming out from it that goes into a small rubber hose and re-enters a metal tube into the Trans housing.

Remove the Rubber hose and connect your ATF Cooler rubber line send it to the ATF Cooler and send it back into the Inlet tube to the housing = Done..

If you have a Jet Kit installed then it would look like my setup:




Here is the Original Jet kit for +04 Trans:


Mine is Modified for it to Use it with an External ATF Cooler tough.

Jucin

Thanks for the pics. I don't have that jet pack. Don't even know what it is. Did you mount your cooler on the radiator?

fsttyms1

^ The Oil Jet was for what the Recall was for. It sprays trans fluid ont he 2nd gear shaft to keep it cool. It however has nothing to do with the 3rd gear clutch pack issue everyone is plagued with

Skirmich

Yes the ATF Cooler is in front of the Radiator (But not Zipptied into it) you can run the ATF Rubber hoses pretty easily trough a small gap just in front of the Battery (Big Enough for 2 Hoses).

Stephen00TL

And this is why I have not bothered installing one on mine ever

acutee

The cooler is a peace of mind regardless whether you have tranny problem or not. Cooler fluid is always better for the fluid service life itself; even on 2013 models, add one if it doesn't have one. Even engine oil cooler, if it is not too hard to add one, I would add one too. I guess anything that can keep under the hood cooler is better.

Check this out:

https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tl-problems-fixes-117/trans-oil-cooler-878645/

ChaiLatte

+1. I'm a spirited driver so I had a small B&M cooler installed just to be safe. My trans failed a week later, but then I didn't expect it to help with that anyway. It does give me peace of mind though.