Should I fit a transmission oil cooler for heavy towing _ Auto Expert John Cadogan

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towing a heavy trailer presumably in
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00:00:45.350 00:00:45.360 course they will build up over time once
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00:01:13.990 00:01:14.000 just like to know if it's a good idea to
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00:01:54.649 00:01:54.659 you just guessing and we're using
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00:02:56.430 00:02:56.440 outback highways increasingly littered
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00:03:01.210 00:03:01.220 as yours with their transmissions
00:03:03.339 00:03:03.349 entrails sprayed in elegantly all over
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00:03:09.119 00:03:09.129 I'd suggest you know that a lot of men
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00:03:18.250 00:03:18.260 hey it's a victimless crime I don't even
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00:03:25.720 00:03:25.730 automotive hell I'd suggest if you
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00:03:57.759 00:03:57.769 you'll be essentially devoting a lot of
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00:04:03.220 00:04:03.230 that's the right word a problem if
00:04:05.710 00:04:05.720 that's the right word that most likely
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00:05:07.840 00:05:07.850 a and outback shithole B after which
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00:05:22.960 00:05:22.970 you know just picture it all that R&D
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00:06:07.150 00:06:07.160 evidence give the engineers some credit
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00:06:18.730 00:06:18.740 approved generally the factory will
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00:06:40.480 00:06:40.490 overkill use the best cooler the best
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00:07:02.290 00:07:02.300 with how close to the ATM and GCM limits
00:07:06.550 00:07:06.560 that you are at when you're towing your
00:07:09.430 00:07:09.440 particular implement behind that is the
00:07:12.460 00:07:12.470 aggregate trailer mass which is the most
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00:07:22.120 00:07:22.130 loaded vehicle combined cruising speed
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00:07:30.460 00:07:30.470 this and that consumes pretty giuse
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00:07:45.070 00:07:45.080 when the mercury hits 40 operating at a
00:07:49.149 00:07:49.159 really high ambient temperature reduces
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00:07:53.200 00:07:53.210 vehicles various cooling systems
00:07:54.820 00:07:54.830 obviously but manufacturers tend to be a
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00:08:01.600 00:08:01.610 desaad down there and be very
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00:08:07.510 00:08:07.520 capacities by the time the vehicle
00:08:09.640 00:08:09.650 finally makes it into production so you
00:08:13.390 00:08:13.400 know how it is with doctors right the
00:08:15.040 00:08:15.050 Hippocratic oath first do no harm and in
00:08:18.760 00:08:18.770 my view that's not a bad way to approach
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00:08:27.370 00:08:27.380 patient is not actually sick I hope this
00:08:31.089 00:08:31.099 helps if you're still with me at this
00:08:33.069 00:08:33.079 point you might want to think about
00:08:34.180 00:08:34.190 subscribing and nudging that Bell icon
00:08:36.399 00:08:36.409 that would help me and if you're a hater
00:08:39.550 00:08:39.560 perhaps selling transmission coolers by
00:08:42.519 00:08:42.529 the pallet load to the unsuspecting
00:08:44.620 00:08:44.630 public punch that dislike button and I
00:08:47.710 00:08:47.720 do it twice
00:08:48.850 00:08:48.860 it'll make one of us feel awesome and I
00:08:51.880 00:08:51.890 I really couldn't care less how you
00:08:54.460 00:08:54.470 fail about it at all thanks for watching
00:08:56.740 00:08:56.750 now let us crack a few nuts on a Friday
00:08:59.710 00:08:59.720 ah buh I love this I truly do and it's
00:09:08.680 00:09:08.690 all courtesy of you max I stopped
00:09:11.800 00:09:11.810 talking and looking into the camera
00:09:13.300 00:09:13.310 while driving he's dangerous and
00:09:15.190 00:09:15.200 irresponsible it's driving distracted
00:09:17.110 00:09:17.120 just like using a mobile phone in the
00:09:18.790 00:09:18.800 car you of all people should know that
00:09:20.350 00:09:20.360 John I'm sure the police would have
00:09:22.360 00:09:22.370 someone to say about it too well
00:09:25.360 00:09:25.370 goodness me Austin the education system
00:09:27.940 00:09:27.950 really has let you down and I'm very
00:09:30.610 00:09:30.620 sorry about that please accept my
00:09:32.380 00:09:32.390 apologies on behalf of society
00:09:34.950 00:09:34.960 it's terrible leaving school unable to
00:09:37.840 00:09:37.850 punctuate it's a real liability but not
00:09:40.630 00:09:40.640 being able to spell that's a disgraceful
00:09:44.260 00:09:44.270 liability tantamount to being disabled
00:09:46.780 00:09:46.790 here in Strayer during car reviews I'll
00:09:50.440 00:09:50.450 have you know that I absolutely mitigate
00:09:52.900 00:09:52.910 risk
00:09:53.470 00:09:53.480 I do not knowingly break any laws and I
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00:10:01.540 00:10:01.550 talking to a camera is actually no
00:10:04.270 00:10:04.280 different in the domain of distraction
00:10:06.010 00:10:06.020 than talking to a passenger in the
00:10:08.500 00:10:08.510 friggin front seat as for the cops being
00:10:12.580 00:10:12.590 interested I certainly hope they are and
00:10:14.860 00:10:14.870 a quick shout out to any boys in blue
00:10:16.930 00:10:16.940 wearing that uniform who enjoy my
00:10:19.240 00:10:19.250 reports anywhere around the world you
00:10:22.090 00:10:22.100 guys do a tough job that many of us
00:10:24.850 00:10:24.860 civilians just could not hack and let's
00:10:28.270 00:10:28.280 not forget you run the opposite way to
00:10:30.550 00:10:30.560 most people when the chips are right
00:10:33.250 00:10:33.260 down so there's that hashtag respect as
00:10:36.250 00:10:36.260 for pieces to camera while driving I've
00:10:39.280 00:10:39.290 been doing this rather a long time not
00:10:41.980 00:10:41.990 my first rodeo mate and now some viewer
00:10:45.970 00:10:45.980 feedback on the safety shitbox we know
00:10:48.790 00:10:48.800 and love as the 2019 Jeep Wrangler
00:10:52.240 00:10:52.250 nothing fun is safe nothing good to eat
00:10:55.060 00:10:55.070 is healthy and moderation is boring life
00:10:58.180 00:10:58.190 sucks unless you eat bacon and four
00:11:01.240 00:11:01.250 wheel or golly gee JimBob I just can't
00:11:04.510 00:11:04.520 help but feel sorry for all the Jews and
00:11:06.490 00:11:06.500 Muslims out there
00:11:07.580 00:11:07.590 in the audience who just learned if
00:11:09.950 00:11:09.960 that's the right word from Brian why
00:11:12.800 00:11:12.810 their life actually sucks and I'm
00:11:15.950 00:11:15.960 wondering if he went to the same
00:11:17.510 00:11:17.520 punctuation school as Austin we'll never
00:11:20.870 00:11:20.880 know
00:11:21.380 00:11:21.390 also I might add plenty of fun cars are
00:11:24.350 00:11:24.360 actually safe plenty of healthy food
00:11:26.150 00:11:26.160 tastes great
00:11:27.200 00:11:27.210 like cheese and red wine for example the
00:11:29.570 00:11:29.580 French they live forever so there's that
00:11:32.480 00:11:32.490 but the Wrangler remains a safety
00:11:35.570 00:11:35.580 disgrace and while we're on about this
00:11:37.940 00:11:37.950 why not address this comment
00:11:40.810 00:11:40.820 fiat-chrysler sees all these liars it is
00:11:45.800 00:11:45.810 a five-star rating in all other
00:11:49.130 00:11:49.140 countries Ricky Ricky Ricky where do we
00:11:52.820 00:11:52.830 start
00:11:53.620 00:11:53.630 Wrangler is rated at one-star by and cap
00:11:56.480 00:11:56.490 here in Shitsville and also by Euro end
00:11:59.510 00:11:59.520 cap and there are 195 countries in the
00:12:03.800 00:12:03.810 world last time I look and I think 49 of
00:12:06.650 00:12:06.660 them are in Europe that's if you include
00:12:08.630 00:12:08.640 Russia and Vatican City the Vatican's
00:12:11.240 00:12:11.250 technically not part of Italy of course
00:12:12.950 00:12:12.960 and the Italians must hate that but
00:12:14.570 00:12:14.580 there it is facts of fact so
00:12:16.220 00:12:16.230 inconvenient so that's 50 including
00:12:18.680 00:12:18.690 straya and 51 with sheep shaggers stand
00:12:23.330 00:12:23.340 just over there in the east that's part
00:12:25.460 00:12:25.470 of it and cap too last time I looked
00:12:28.190 00:12:28.200 now in addition to that Wrangler is
00:12:31.340 00:12:31.350 unrated by a CN n cap there's 10 more
00:12:35.210 00:12:35.220 countries there so that's 61 and it's
00:12:37.850 00:12:37.860 unrated by Latin and cap 22 more
00:12:40.760 00:12:40.770 countries in Latin America if memory
00:12:42.620 00:12:42.630 serves that's 83 countries in total
00:12:47.810 00:12:47.820 where it's not 5-star couldn't find it
00:12:51.140 00:12:51.150 on China's and cap website or careers so
00:12:55.390 00:12:55.400 perhaps we should make that 85 and at
00:12:58.970 00:12:58.980 this point
00:12:59.540 00:12:59.550 Ricky's hypothesis he's looking a bit
00:13:01.310 00:13:01.320 shaky I must say unrated by Japan's end
00:13:05.090 00:13:05.100 cap so 86 double IHS in burger doesn't
00:13:10.700 00:13:10.710 use stars actually but rated the retard
00:13:13.610 00:13:13.620 a Stan Eve Wrangler marginal in a
00:13:15.860 00:13:15.870 side-impact in 2017 couldn't find 2019
00:13:20.240 00:13:20.250 for
00:13:20.930 00:13:20.940 my HS that's 87 countries and Nitsa
00:13:24.800 00:13:24.810 right nitsa in the the regulator in the
00:13:27.290 00:13:27.300 united states they gave it four stars
00:13:28.790 00:13:28.800 for frontal crash performance and just
00:13:31.640 00:13:31.650 three four rollover so we're still at 87
00:13:35.270 00:13:35.280 countries where it's not 5-star 66
00:13:38.750 00:13:38.760 different countries in Africa I think
00:13:41.770 00:13:41.780 depends on how you define country but
00:13:44.690 00:13:44.700 things are inevitably a bit fluid in
00:13:46.340 00:13:46.350 Africa when it comes to borders but
00:13:48.200 00:13:48.210 anyway that's 153 countries where it's
00:13:53.510 00:13:53.520 not 5 and Canada probably lunches off
00:13:56.630 00:13:56.640 the USA on this so many other things as
00:13:59.450 00:13:59.460 well
00:13:59.780 00:13:59.790 that's 154 you know there's 41 other
00:14:05.450 00:14:05.460 countries in the world and frankly by
00:14:07.100 00:14:07.110 this point I could not be asked
00:14:09.410 00:14:09.420 correlating Wrangler ratings with them
00:14:11.810 00:14:11.820 but the one thing I did search for was a
00:14:14.450 00:14:14.460 single country in the world that rated
00:14:16.940 00:14:16.950 the 2019 Wrangler 5 stars on friggin
00:14:20.090 00:14:20.100 safety and guess what that's right not a
00:14:23.930 00:14:23.940 single one not that I could find at
00:14:26.360 00:14:26.370 least but hey I'm fallible if you can
00:14:29.360 00:14:29.370 find one
00:14:30.080 00:14:30.090 give me a shout in the comments feed
00:14:32.030 00:14:32.040 below and I will respect them so
00:14:34.960 00:14:34.970 apparently this is it humanity right we
00:14:39.770 00:14:39.780 can't agree on so many things on
00:14:41.420 00:14:41.430 sovereign borders human rights gender
00:14:43.820 00:14:43.830 equality the one true God
00:14:46.280 00:14:46.290 who is it really or which side of the
00:14:48.770 00:14:48.780 damn road to drive upon and a thousand
00:14:52.370 00:14:52.380 other things that matter right we can't
00:14:55.070 00:14:55.080 agree on any of that but the one thing
00:14:56.900 00:14:56.910 we do agree on seemingly is that the
00:14:59.690 00:14:59.700 Jeep Wrangler is a safety ship box so
00:15:04.040 00:15:04.050 that's nice
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