What is the normal transmission temperature for these vehicles?
I was halfway home today with a trailer full of concrete blocks and remembered that the whole reason I got this ODB reader was not to constanatly check engine light codes it was so I could give myself a transmission temp gauge while towing.
So I fired it up and I was right around 170°. It was a little hilly and there was no highway, it was all suburb back roads. It had slowly climbed up to 172° and then I was home. I dropped off the trailer and drove another mile but the temp really didn't move, maybe a degree or two at most.
Is the transmission like the coolant, where it gets up to operating temperature and then normally just says there regardless of how you're driving? Or is it always a steady and unchanging flow of transmission fluid through the cooler, so the temp will always vary based on driving?
What is a normal temperature range? And how hot is too hot? My trailer today wasn't very heavy, maybe 2700lb or so. That ain't nothing, but it's also not exactly maxing out the vehicle either. (i was going to say it ain't nothing but it's not a ton... but it is infact )
I drive quite conservative when I'm pulling a lot of weight. I do this more to protect the trailer than anything, I'm always afraid the leaf springs will snap and leave me stranded. But I have towed as much as 5000lb before and you definitely notice that. I was only going 2 miles with that (a towable 50' lift, super fun to use!) so it wasn't a huge deal. And my boat is only 1900 lbs, you can truly forget its back there when you're towing that little, with a 5.3.
So any thoughts on trans temp, lemme know.
Oh I'm using OBD Fusion on iPhone. I have one whole dashboard page that is just one giant radial trans temp gauge. Perfect for towing!
I was halfway home today with a trailer full of concrete blocks and remembered that the whole reason I got this ODB reader was not to constanatly check engine light codes it was so I could give myself a transmission temp gauge while towing.
So I fired it up and I was right around 170°. It was a little hilly and there was no highway, it was all suburb back roads. It had slowly climbed up to 172° and then I was home. I dropped off the trailer and drove another mile but the temp really didn't move, maybe a degree or two at most.
Is the transmission like the coolant, where it gets up to operating temperature and then normally just says there regardless of how you're driving? Or is it always a steady and unchanging flow of transmission fluid through the cooler, so the temp will always vary based on driving?
What is a normal temperature range? And how hot is too hot? My trailer today wasn't very heavy, maybe 2700lb or so. That ain't nothing, but it's also not exactly maxing out the vehicle either. (i was going to say it ain't nothing but it's not a ton... but it is infact )
I drive quite conservative when I'm pulling a lot of weight. I do this more to protect the trailer than anything, I'm always afraid the leaf springs will snap and leave me stranded. But I have towed as much as 5000lb before and you definitely notice that. I was only going 2 miles with that (a towable 50' lift, super fun to use!) so it wasn't a huge deal. And my boat is only 1900 lbs, you can truly forget its back there when you're towing that little, with a 5.3.
So any thoughts on trans temp, lemme know.
Oh I'm using OBD Fusion on iPhone. I have one whole dashboard page that is just one giant radial trans temp gauge. Perfect for towing!