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Bypassing trans cooler in radiator 700 1990

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posted by  blue940 on  Sat Oct 31 16:26 CST 2009
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The trans cooler in my folks 740 AW70L split yesterday with the resultant coolant in the trans fluid. I discovered it by pure chance as yesterday I flushed the fluid. This morning I checked the level to find it over-full. When I drained some fluid it came out looking like strawberry milkshake :(

I've drained the fluid and hoping like hell the gearbox will be okay. My question is can I safely bypass the radiator trans cooler and use an external cooler. The radiator will be replaced obviously but I don't want to risk another potential catastrophe. If the gearbox fails this car will probably be history.....

I would welcome input from people who use an external cooler.

Thanks
Brad






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