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Old 01-16-2012, 07:05 PM
Cobrabill Cobrabill is offline
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Originally Posted by SRR View Post
My 455 powered TH400 Buick has a Derale tubed pan on it with an external cooler not run though the radiator. My trans temp gage never goes over 140-150 degrees. I can't see a reason to heat the trans fluid to engine temp. A good look at that posted chart will tell you why.
Then why did the factory engineers want the fluid returning to the trans at engine temp?