Thermo Fan On Stock 6 Speed Trans Cooler?

[XF Falcon]

Hi

Just wondering if anyone has fitted a thermofan to the standard 6 speed auto tranny cooler?

I know they are water cooled already, but after a few stationary skids on a very hot day at a car show, the car went into limp mode once, indicating that the tranny temp went up a bit too high.

Now I'm thinking that a thermo fan, either hooked up to a manual switch in the cabin, or to come on with the radiators thermo fans, would be a good idea and would just help to get the temps a bit lower when the car is not travelling very fast.

Has anyone done this before, and if so where did you buy the thermo fan from?

Cheers.

[ENVYOSXR]

Are you sure that is what caused it to go into limp mode, last thing I would be doing on a very hot day is skids.

Havn't heard of anyone putting a thermo on the auto cooler, could work a treat.

[Mrs Jeturbo]

if you give it a go... let us know... might be a good idea!

[qikin71]

I am in the process as I speak of sourcing a SPAL 11" thermo fan to fit to my external trans cooler mounted behind the spoiler on rhs.

Also going to fit a Davies Craig electronic thermo swith that measures the air temp flowing through the fins just so the fan doesn't run constantly. # no. 0402

This is to keep a 4sd cooler.

Surprised no one has done this before or if you have, any other info I need to know

Cheer's

[XF Falcon]

I'm still in the research phase of things, like working out what size thermofan I'd need, and if there are any readily available ones I can fit straight onto the stock 6speed tranny cooler. I'm very suprised no one has done it before, it seems like a pretty easy thing to do. I'm not sure if I'll have it on a manual switch (for when I know its going to get a workout) or just have a thermoswitch or something checking the fluid temp and have it come on automatically. Could even wire it up so when the radiators thermo fans kick in, then the tranny one kicks in too.. that way its totally automatic and it would come on when the car gets a bit warm on its own?

[XtRmn8]

Mike,

Have you seen the oil cooler for the ZF box? From memory it sits somewhere near the sump and is more a block shape rather then a conventional radiator type shape. Might be a bit hard to fit a decent size thermo fan on there that would do anything.

[XF Falcon]

Goran, nah I haven't seen it yet. I've been told where it sits, and in which direction its mounted, but I haven't actually seen it yet

Are the lines going into it rubber or metal? Either way, it sounds like it might be better to purchase one of the kits which has a cooler and thermofan together, and replace the stock one with the new one?

[ScatterBrain]

Goran, nah I haven't seen it yet. I've been told where it sits, and in which direction its mounted, but I haven't actually seen it yet

Are the lines going into it rubber or metal? Either way, it sounds like it might be better to purchase one of the kits which has a cooler and thermofan together, and replace the stock one with the new one?

The lines are that hard molded plastic stuff, and yes its best just to replace the standard cooler altogether. Here's a pics of mine.

I dont think you'll need a thermo fan either, the highest I've seen mine go is around 76c when I was stuck in traffic for around 40min.

[82CNT]

A couple of months ago I read a post on here about some people doing this on the 4speed box with aftermarket trans cooler. But no havent heard of the 6 speen cooler and fan

[XF Falcon]

ScatterBrain cheers for that. Do you have any more pictures of the setup at all? Especially where/how the new cooler is fitted under the car?

Only reason I was thinking a thermo would come in handy, is because during long static burnouts on a warm day (eg. car shows) it can get pretty hot :(