What are the normal temp of your auto while driving, sitting in traffic in warm weather.
Mine seems to like 195*. It seems too hot to me.
When i did the temp probe install the check valve fitting on the heat exchanger fitting gualled. i put a compression fitting and did without a new check.
After i start the truck i have to let it idle for 30 sec or so before the line pressure builds and i can drive.

 

Bump
come on now guys am i the only one on here with an auto and a temp guage???????

 

I have a Goerend valve body and torque converter so my temps run a little hotter than stock sitting in slow moving traffic.
I saw 220* last Friday in traffic, outside temps in the 90s.
Temps rapidly fell to 160* - 170* as soon as traffic started moving.

 

I was out in 101 degree air this weekend pulling a trailer and saw mine climb to about 190...

Hot days here unloaded it seems to run around 170.. cool days at nevcer gets above 140..

 

95* outside sitting in traffic the hottest I've seen is 170*. The hottest I've ever seen is 195* pulling out two pine stumps. I still have the stock pan.

 

That's about what mine is running, maybe 210 in stop/go traffic.

I saw 10 minutes of 280+ last weekend.
Outside temps upper 80's, 5 miles of 8% grade, 25-30mph max, very winding canyon road.
Couldn't get going fast enough for it to shift into 3rd and lock up,
or fast enough to get any air flow over the coolers.

As soon as I crested the hill and could go faster than 40 and lock it up, it cooled right down to 160-170

I need a tighter converter, and 2nd gear lockup.


phox

 

Mine runs about the same,190-195* sitting in traffic. If I have to sit longer than a minute,like at a long light I throw it in neutral.It helps a little but not much.

 

I forgot to mention I run about 140-150* on the highway on the hottest days.

 

Now that's my DTR brotha's way to step up!
Thanks for the input i feel a lot better about my temps now.

 

When my rebuld job is done tomorrow, I'll have one to report on. Hope it dosen't scare me.

 

Hey guys I have asked this question in the past and no one really steped up to give me an answer. "What is to hot" well from personal experince I can now tell you. when I first got my truck it always ran right around the 160 mark. Racing one night I did a power take off you know foot on brake while giving her some throttle and it started running 195 to 220 always. Took it to the dealer and was told that it was normal. 60,000 kms and 2 fluid changes later the tranny crapped out. had the tranny rebuilt (my cost) and it was still running at 195-220, changed out the cooler by the rad 190, changed out the oil to water cooler right back down to 160. darn thing was probably hooped from the power take off and should have been replaced. If I were you running around and seeing temps that high I would have it checked. Just my 2 cents or maybe I should say 3500.00 as thats what it cost me for the tranny.
Ray

 

You have a different transmission then the 2nd gens.
Might be better asked in the 3rd gen engine/drivetrain forum.


phox

 

If you are runing without the check valve then you should put it in nuet. after starting it so it will fill the converter, In park it will fill very slowly, could cause damage.

 

Here is a pix, laying on it's side, of Trans temp. Was last friday, coming down from Sedona AZ. Temp gage was just up from the 140 peg on the trip diwn SR 179 I-17 1-10. Refuled in Scottsdale off I-10. temp up to about 160. Pix shows stopped on 1-10 south of Phoenix, accident. outside temp showd 111 on console.

 

mine is around 185 when im in stop and go traffic lately in the 90+ degrees weather... also when im on the higway im at 140ish....My temps use to be lower when i had the trans temp plumbed into the tranny lines in the front of the truck but when i drilled hole in tranny pan and welded in a nut so i could screw the sensor into the pan the temps are a little hotter...