W124 Gearbox Cooling Pipe

[stwat]

Sent to me in error by Inchcape and of no use to me so I thought it might be of use to someone here.

Auto Gearbox Cooling Pipe W124 E-Class A1242702996 New | eBay UK

Cheers,

Stu

 

[Rob77]

What does it do? The gearbox isn't water cooled is it?

 

[stwat]

The auto boxes run a pipe through the radiator to help cool the oil.
So yes, they are water cooled in a way

 

[Rob77]

I never knew that, thanks

 

[kth286]

NO - not water cooled - AIR cooled.

 

[Will]

Well - perhaps in theory, but as the cooling system radiator and gearbox fluid cooler are all in one unit (the radiator), it's inevitable that one will warm/cool the other as appropriate to some degree

I guess part of the reason to join the radiator to the gearbox cooler may be to warm up the gearbox fluid to help bring the ATF up to operating temperature quicker?

Will