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      08-27-2025, 04:51 PM   #91
Cobra1956
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Drives: BMW 135I, 2002,e21, e36,46
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Will be back at it next week and I am going to see if I can devise a work around to the high coolant temps. Going to get the front end aligned and match the caster or at least get it closer.
One of the things I never thought about but have stumbled upon is the orientation of the vanes in the cooler. The cooler I am using for the DCT is not only large but the fins are quite different orientation than those of the radiator. It is possible that this has created a blockage from creating blockage or high pressure due to the orientation of the vanes and the close proximity to the back of my radiator. My fab work will now need to be cut but I have plenty of hose. I should have to cut off the oem hose crimp from the heat exchanger in order to get this to work.
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Nothing to worry about here as on the previous car I did this when converting to electric power steering. Carefully cutting the crimp reveals a hose barb that is easy to reuse so there should be no issue using the part and plumbing in a different style cooler. I am also going to move the different cooler off the radiator about an inch in hopes of allowing whatever airflow bending is occurring to smooth out and flow through the radiator as well as the dct cooler. Also hoping that the temps are a bit cooler but that will actually mess with trying to figure out what I have wrong here. Will update more as I get my head around what I did wrong but I think the proximity of the rear cooler is the issue.
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