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Originally Posted by Daox
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OK, that's where I saw that pic. I'm not all warm and fuzzy about how to transfer the heat from the hot water to the trans. I'm going to need to think about that for a while. I'm not thinking of anything that will have enough surface area to transfer much heat. No more than the block will transfer into the trans case already.
You could run a water/oil heat exchanger and pump the trans fluid through one way and the coolant through the other. But WOW, that would be some fiddling around there!
How about a second block heater in the trans case? That would be super easy.
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The radiator is plumbed in parallel with the rest of the system. So, when the thermostat is closed the water bypasses it and just circulates through the block and head. When it opens up, the coolant flows in parallel through both. As far as I know, this is how pretty much all cooling systems work. Here is a cooling diagram for the car.
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Are you sure? All the systems I have had my hands on have a "double acting" T-stat. When the T-stat is closed the water bypasses the radiator and just goes right back into the motor. When the T-stat is open there is another "plunger" on the end of it that closes off the bypass and re-direct the water through the radiator.
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