So I just went and read through the 9 pages of thread regarding this topic that occurred earlier. It pretty much answered any question I ever had about the topic. Thanks again for passing it along.
Thank you all for the advice and ideas. I have several options, it seems. I appreciate it!
I like the thermal by-pass idea. I thought about installing a valve that I could switch in the winter to allow the trans fluid to pass through the radiator and back in the summer to by-pass it. But this...
What confused me was that I couldn't see how to avoid the pink milkshake while running the trans cooler in series with the radiator. I would prefer to just bypass the rad altogether. Do you have any issues with the tranny taking longer to warm up (and affecting the shifting) using only the trans...
Hi all! I'm very happy to be a newbie here on this site.
I recently bought a 2001 4Runner SR5 with 152,000 miles on it, primarily for the purpose of towing our pop-up camper (a 2006 Forest River Flagstaff). We live in Colorado and so mountain towing will be in the plans. In doing research, I've...
