Taping into keel cooler?

[ted655]

Is it common to tap into the keel cooler to also cool engine and/or transmission oil coolers? If so what seperation of intake/return fittings are needed? Do you intake befor cool coolent enters the engine and return it downstream past the engine hot return?
Wiuld a seperate circulating pump interfear with the engine pump?
Thanks.

[FAST FRED]

To keep with the simplicity and reliability the usual is to keel cool EACH item will get there OWN cooler.

However if you look at how a boat is cooled with sea water , with a heat exchanger for the tranny , it should be useable for you.

In other words the engine coolant will use a simple heat exchanger to cool the tranny , and the engine cooling from its keel cooler will just work a bit harder.

NOT OK if youre doing air cond or hold sized refrigeration , there a seperate keel cooler is needed.

The water leaving an engine is cool enough to additionally cool a transmission.

FAST FRED

[ted655]

Thanks. I forgot but yoi are right. I meant using the engine coolent to circulate through "heat exchangers" for the auxillary units.