WorstToyotaEver

I like this forum it has given me some good advice for my truck. I have an easy question, but did not find the answer through searching.

I ordered a new radiator from radiatorbarn. The bottom of the new radiator isnt really identical to my old radiator. It has two extra small hose outlets on each side of the bottom. Is the one on the drain side used to drain your coolant when you loosen the drain valve? What is the other hose outleft on the bottom left side used for? Is there a way to plug the outlets or do i have to have an identical match for my old radiator?

Ive attached a picture so you can compare the two. The dimensions of the two radiators seem the same, its the two small hose outlets on the bottom im not sure about. Alright Thanks.

p.s the truck is a 92 toyota extra cab 4x4 6cy 3.0l, a 3vze? My old radiator was leaking from two small cracks on the top near the cap. I wanted to replace the radiator to reduce the risk of overheating. The head gaskets were replaced by the dealership in 98. Are the head gaskets toyota replaced still susceptible to being blown?

Marc

The new rad will also work for auto transmissions.
I'm assuming you have a manual.
It's fine for your application.

WorstToyotaEver

Yes it is a manual, thanks for the reply! I know now that the outlet is used for an automatic transmission cooler. I found this in a previous post and it confirmed your answer. I tried searching but your post did help me modify my search to get the anwer. Alright thanks problem solved. Sorry to all for spam thread. You may delete it if you can!

xxxtreme22r

I've always wondered if one could use one of those auto trans rads in a manual trans and convert the trans cooler part to an oil cooler to make use of it. I doubt it's gonna cool it any, might even heat it up, but then again the 3.0's have that coolant/oil cooler on the side of the block as an option too.

corax

Oil temperature generally runs hotter than coolant temp, plus the "cool" side of a downflow radiator is the bottom, so it should cool the oil. The part that I would be worried about is pressure. I can't think of any transmissions that put real pressure out to the trans cooler, so would the little trans cooler be able to handle oil pressure from a filter sandwich adapter? I think it probably could but I'm not gonna be the guinea pig.

anthony1

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I thought about using that as a heat exchange unit for hot shower but someone told me it's not that efficient for a shower.