Range Rover P38
BMW DIESEL
7
DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION
GEARBOX OIL COOLER - AUTOMATIC
Description
On diesel models with automatic transmission an
independent oil cooler is used and is mounted on the
LH side of the vehicle behind the front bumper. The oil
cooler comprises a cast aluminium radiator, two pass,
single row matrix with sixteen internal cooling tubes.
Pre-formed feed and return pipes/hoses are used to
link the automatic transmission and oil cooler.
Gearbox oil cooler, automatic transmission
1. Gearbox oil cooler
2. Feed pipe, oil cooler
3. Return pipe, oil cooler
4. Mounting brackets
Operation
On automatic vehicles the coolant process relies on
ram air only through an aperture in the LH side of the
bumper moulding. Air is dispersed over the oil cooler,
the cooled oil then being fed back,via the return pipe
(3), to run parallel with the feed pipe to the LH side of
the transmission.