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Originally Posted by gaswede
I've done a lot of reading on strawberry milkshake on 3rd gens and the preventative maintenance needed to avoid this. My 4th gen needs new trans hard lines up front so i started reading about just bypassing the radiator cooling reservoir all together with an external heat exchanger.
I don't tow nor do mountainous terrain.
My rig was from Chicago but rust is minimal and undercarriage well maintained by the PO.
I exchanged all my fluids after purchase a year ago.
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While there are a few 4th Gens owners who have replaced their radiator because of a small leak after 100,000s of miles but I haven't read of any that had the radiator fail and allow coolant into the transmission.
As far as an external transmission cooler, it's a great idea but I wouldn't bypass the cooler in the radiator, IMHO you can't have enough cooling capacity for the transmission, heat is the number one killer of transmission fluid and thusly transmissions.