I didn't think of quick warm up as you described, agree with you thanks!blackice168 wrote: ↑ If the transmission cooler is part of the radiator, it means it uses the coolant temperature to regulate the temperature of the transmission fluid.
If you were to put a separate bypass "air" cooler, you may be inhibiting the quick warm up provided by the coolant on cold starts. The air cooler may also cool the fluid beyond the optimal operating temperature.
I'd replace the radiator as that would be the correct thing to do.
Yes, as blackice mentioned, you lose the quicker warm up from the engine coolant, as well as losing the enhanced cooling when it gets hot. Now you probably won't need the extra cooling during the winter, and even in the summer it's probably not an issue, unless you're towing or driving like a maniac.
Its from a Honda Pilot - seems to be a common Honda problemROYinTO wrote: ↑ Nice pic @l69norm
What vehicle is that? I know there were a few Hondas that had a similar issue.
@Tik if your tranny fitting is like this, double check the colour of your tranny fluid and coolant. You don't want ether looking like a strawberry milkshake.
aka SMOD Strawberry Milkshake Of Death for the tranny.
Some of the forums speculate it is the rusting of the steel belleville washer that expands pulling the 2+ threads holding the connection together apart. Resulting in an intermingling of fluids.
On edit: Here is a link to a Denso rad deconstruction for the Ridgeline. It looks similar in design to the pic @l69norm posted.
https://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/thr ... or.116753/
Its been little too cold to inspect anything further than the hoses... i will push it garage today to look ot over. If you haven't returned your radiator let me know.001Stunna wrote: ↑ Having a similar engine, J35, and having had the same issue happen to me just a year ago...i'd strongly recommend changing out the radiator. Funny enough just this week had to help a friend do the same as theirs also had the tranny cooler line blow out. It's a rather common issue. A TYC rad on amazon/wrenchmonkey is around 150ish with lifetime warranty. Koyorad is around 220 on autopartsway.
PS. I still have a TYC one on hand i need to return to amazon seeing we ordered from both wrenchmonkey and amazon and used whichever came first.
A few things to do however seeing the cooler line can fail and cause 2 different scenarios.
1-You loose tranny fluid but the seal keeping tranny fluid and coolant from mixing doesn't break.
2-You loose tranny fluid but also end up mixing tranny fluid and coolant together...causing a rather risky situation for your transmission.
Either way you SHOULD change out the radiator and drain and fill the tranny with ATFDW1 at least 3-4 times and hope for the best if scenario #2 took place. Coolant would ideally damage the clutchpacks. You'll have some means of info when you drain the atf and pay attention if it looks its normal red color or more of a pinkish/milkshake color.
Getting back to the question at hand...the cooler inside the rad acts 2 ways to stabilize fluid temps. It helps cool but also helps warm up the fluid on those cold winter days.
PS. If youre doing the job yourself in the cold weather we've been having...get a heat gun to warm up the hoses somewhat to make your life easier in maneuvering things on and off. They get pretty damn stiff. In addition go easy on the clips...cold makes then brittle and easy to break.
After replacement try to rust proof those cooler lines coming out of the rad once a year. What i tried the latest time is painting them with bbq paint to seal them off from rust going fwd.
Also no one replaces a broken window with plastic wrap and tape; no one just leave rusty holes in their doors; no one replaces broken door locks with paperclips, glue, and duct tape; and other silly things ppl do with carscristianosham wrote: ↑ I find it humerous the hacks people do to their cars and not their homes.
If a part is broken or cannot be used just replace it. You don't see people asking "room radiator leaking water should I bypass?"
cristianosham wrote: ↑I find it humerous the hacks people do to their cars and not their homes.
If a part is broken or cannot be used just replace it. You don't see people asking "room radiator leaking water should I bypass?"
You guys obviously never opened any walls or crawled through some crawl spaces that aren't meant to be used regularly; whether don't by previous renovators or crooked builders shortcuts are done all the time in homes.ES_Revenge wrote: ↑ Also no one replaces a broken window with plastic wrap and tape; no one just leave rusty holes in their doors; no one replaces broken door locks with paperclips, glue, and duct tape; and other silly things ppl do with cars
