I mess up the radiator treats where the oil lines goes and I was planing to buy and oil cooler since its more cheaper than replacinng the radiator and lines.
2006-10-14 09:13:35 · 4 answers · asked by Fer562 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Sounds to me you have your parts mixed up! The transmission cooler goes in front of the radiator with the lines going to the radiator. Never heard of an oil cooler on a 94 astro van! I've been working on chevys for over 35 years so yours would be the first!
If you damaged the threads on the lines and bosses you are going to have to replace the radiator. You can get new lines that will replace those from the radiator to the transmission cooler.
I tell people all the time to "back thread" then you don't have that problem. Just take your time with the new parts and make sure you don't have cross threading! If you can't turn the fitting by hand to start it then you are cross threading and need to stop immediately. It may require a thread chaser to try again. But if you use the back threading method you should not have any problem!
"Back Threading" is when you turn the fitting in the opposite direction (counter clock wise in most cases) until you feel the fitting drop into place in the threads and then tighten by "hand"
(no wrenches) clock wise! If you can't accomplish that, you don't have it right! After you get it hand tight then use a wrench but be careful not to over tighten or you can strip the threads out also!
2006-10-14 09:49:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the lines to the radiator are from the transmission not the engine oil. You can put the cooler just about anyplace you can find room and still have some air flow over it. Use rubber oil proof hose hooked between the original lines and the cooler makes it a lot easier. Don't forget to add extra transmission oil as the cooler will fill with your existing oil
2006-10-14 16:24:17 · answer #2 · answered by bungee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a factory unit goes between the frame rails behind the bumper as close to the radiator as possible. an after market unit goes in back of the grill attach w stainless hardwr
2006-10-14 16:24:00 · answer #3 · answered by robert r 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its entirely up to you. your the engineer now. just put it where itll get some airflow. fabricate and make it work.
2006-10-14 16:18:22 · answer #4 · answered by supahtforyou 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋