Can I block PG cooler line fittings?
#13
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I am not certian about a glide, but on most auto. trans. the cooler return oil is the source for lube oil in the gear train. If that is the case you would experience smoked bushings and planetaries in verry short order.
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You're half right, half wrong, I found this with google, http://www.google.fi/search?hl=fi&so...meta=&aq=f&oq=
here it says:
http://books.google.fi/books?id=SOIY...bypass&f=false
"Externally cooled units were equipped with a cooler bypass valve, that opens when cooler pressure reaches 27psi. This fluid is bypassed directly to the lubrication circuit. In the air cooled units, the bypass valve was eliminated, directing the oil directly to the lubrication circuit"
Now the question is, what kind of cooler bypass valve my oil pump has. Original, removed or blocked.
here it says:
http://books.google.fi/books?id=SOIY...bypass&f=false
"Externally cooled units were equipped with a cooler bypass valve, that opens when cooler pressure reaches 27psi. This fluid is bypassed directly to the lubrication circuit. In the air cooled units, the bypass valve was eliminated, directing the oil directly to the lubrication circuit"
Now the question is, what kind of cooler bypass valve my oil pump has. Original, removed or blocked.
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Originally Posted by shawnp
You will create problems with the internals as the pump will not function properly unless it was altered to allow for your flowing circuit to be eliminated.
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Re: Can I block PG cooler line fittings?
Originally Posted by hammertime
Originally Posted by triniemi
What happens if I just block the oil circulation from the cooler? Does something break or what? My tranny guy told me that powerglide is designed so that if cooler gets filled with trash, particles etc, the tranny still works.
Original tranny case and I think it's original pump.
Original tranny case and I think it's original pump.