Anyone who has ever had to replace a transmission knows how expensive and time consuming the process can be. Ordinary driving can place stress and strain on any transmission, and hard driving or trailer pulling can make the strain even worse. Installing a transmission cooler on your vehicle can reduce the stress and strain on your transmission and help it run more efficiently. Installing a transmission cooler has a number of important advantages, and it is important for vehicle owners to look closely at those advantages.
Pulling a trailer can put a lot of strain on a transmission, and that additional duty can cause the transmission to overheat. Installing a transmission cooler is the best way to prevent this overheating and stop the transmission fluid from breaking down. When transmission fluid gets too hot, it will begin to break down, and when that breakdown occurs the transmission fluid will no longer be able to provide the protection it was designed to provide. By using a transmission cooler, you can make sure the transmission fluid continues to do its job between changes.
Installing a transmission cooler can greatly increase the useful life of your automatic transmission by allowing the transmission to run cooler and more efficiently. Since new transmissions can cost thousands of dollars in parts and labor, spending a few hundred dollars to purchase and install a transmission cooler is money well spent. If the transmission's useful life is extended by another 10,000 to 20,000 miles, the transmission cooler can more than pay for itself.
Once the transmission cooler is in place the engine and the transmission will not have to work as hard, and that can result in better fuel economy. The additional cost savings from an increase in fuel mileage can pay for the cost of the transmission cooler and the associated installation costs.
