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Tranny Cooler - Dealer Install Questions

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Old 06-08-2011, 02:26 PM
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I am bringing my 2010 JKU in for a state inspection and am considering have them put in a external tranny cooler. Any thoughts on what this should run me? I would easily do this myself but the last thing I want is the tranny to overheat and they point to the tranny cooler (that I would have installed) and say "Warranty is void!"

I had tried a while back to get them to bite on the TSB for "international vehicles only" that dealt with adding a tranny cooler but that did not work. They wouldn't go for it.

The last I spoke with one of the guys, he said not to worry. If it breaks, its covered under warranty. My view is that the warranty won't help me when I am stranded on the beach due to an overheated tranny and the tide is coming in!

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Originally Posted by MrKenmore
I am bringing my 2010 JKU in for a state inspection and am considering have them put in a external tranny cooler. Any thoughts on what this should run me? I would easily do this myself but the last thing I want is the tranny to overheat and they point to the tranny cooler (that I would have installed) and say "Warranty is void!"

I had tried a while back to get them to bite on the TSB for "international vehicles only" that dealt with adding a tranny cooler but that did not work. They wouldn't go for it.

The last I spoke with one of the guys, he said not to worry. If it breaks, its covered under warranty. My view is that the warranty won't help me when I am stranded on the beach due to an overheated tranny and the tide is coming in!

Thanks everyone!
I just spoke w/ a dealer today about this since I got a coupon for a $15 oil change and they quoted $800. I decided to just do it myself for less than$100, there's a really good write up if you search for it that seems pretty easy.
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I paid about $60 for a B&M tranny cooler that I installed myself. You can see it in this pic. Very easy install to do yourself.

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X2 on self installing, it isn't very difficult.

But before you run out and buy one, do a search on the J30 Recall. There was a software upgrade due to a lot of overheating issues. Several people posted that their dealerships installed a cooler for free under that (or a similar?) bulletin. Can't hurt to mention it to your dealership and see what they say.

There is also a new notification (L05) about leaking cooler lines. Wouldn't be a bad idea to go ahead and have them checked at the same time.
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800$ are you kidding me? That's insane!! If a girl can do this all by herself i'n about an hour then I think anyone can do this.



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