Dave 2000
Not all Land Rovers are useless!
Contaminated trans oil is not the only downside of the thru rad cooler, but I personally prefer to keep this system if your in a colder environment. In severely hot climates then it adds load to the cooling system, and fitting a stat on the trans cooler lines starts to move outside preventative maintenance.
Unfortunately we cannot rely on design decisions made by Mr T back in the 1980's to keep our 80's reliable.
Automatic transmission overheating is not uncommon in the 80, Toyota even fitted a light to let you know the original design may not be sufficient to keep it cool when the going gets tough.
Similarly the stock engine cooling whilst not quite marginal, does have issues, a non modified temperature gauge will not show problems until it is often much too late.
To this end, I think as individuals we need to look at what we personally do with our vehicles, (and where we do it), is where the decision to modify or not is made.
Regards
Dave
Unfortunately we cannot rely on design decisions made by Mr T back in the 1980's to keep our 80's reliable.
Automatic transmission overheating is not uncommon in the 80, Toyota even fitted a light to let you know the original design may not be sufficient to keep it cool when the going gets tough.
Similarly the stock engine cooling whilst not quite marginal, does have issues, a non modified temperature gauge will not show problems until it is often much too late.
To this end, I think as individuals we need to look at what we personally do with our vehicles, (and where we do it), is where the decision to modify or not is made.
Regards
Dave