what even is this and do i need it

[kierbear]

hi i am working on the avenger at the moment and having a wonderful time remembering that for every one thing that i fix, two things break. including these hoses on the bottom of the radiator (just the connector is broken which feels like no big deal). the Haynes manual is unhelpful with regard to what they actually are but Jared has mooted that they are for cooling the gearbox (automatic).

what are they?
do i actually need them?

i am trying to decide how to proceed with a new radiator / re-coring the current one
pictures of the hoses, roughly where they sit in the engine bay and the connections to the radiator

[kierbear]

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[avenga]

Yeah, they are the cooling lines for the auto. The radiators on the automatic cars have an additional cooler in the bottom of the radiator for cooling the gearboxes.

The auto radiators are also triple core instead of dual core on the manual cars. I run an auto radiator on my green avenger because they cool better with the extra core, but I don’t have the bottom hoses installed.

Is your car an automatic? If yes then you would need the transmission cooler, if it’s a manual then you won’t need them. trace the hoses back and see where they go.

[JoKer]

Yep BW35 in there & bugger here I was thinking it might have been over engineered hah

as in I know some other Makes don't run coolers, though they are added on for events like Towing

and yeah I forgot it's a bigger rad : best of the best there!

had mine done @ A1 Rad's in Palmy, not sure if there's a HB option

[avenga]

The BW35 in my Chrysler Valiant Charger didn't come with a trans cooler but I added an aftermarket one because I did use it for towing my Avenger race car.

I think it's good that Avengers have a trans cooler as stock and I would definitely recommend keeping the cooler

[kierbear]

thanks !! this has now become the least of my worries after the flood but ill still get around to it