Trans Temp vs. Ambient Temp
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Trans Temp vs. Ambient Temp
Just a quick question regarding transmission temp. and its relationship to ambient temp. I have had my trans temp guage in now for a little over a year and I keep an eye on it pretty regularly. In normal driving back and forth to work I cover both city and freeways, most of which is freeway. I normally hover right at the low side of 170-180. This summer it has been excessively hot and humid here (90-100 degrees and humid for SoCal) and I have been seeing temps running regularly from the high side of 180-190. Is this about right? I ask because I really started noticing the temp increase right after I had the dealership drain the fluid and install a Mag Hy-Tech pan. I checked the fluid and it is full and clean so I'm hoping that its just the change in the weather. Thanks.
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My temps track ambient very closely. I've often wondered what got into my tranny only to look up at the overhead and notice the ambients are over 100. Oddly I have not seen as big a variation in cool line temps as I did on the internal and hot lines.
see https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...d.php?t=213836 for my question about that. Bottom line on that is the sensor location can make a HUGE (eg 80 degree) difference...
see https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...d.php?t=213836 for my question about that. Bottom line on that is the sensor location can make a HUGE (eg 80 degree) difference...
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