Hey guys, I just got my trans temp gauge installed.. My ? is, what's the normal temp that I should be running without having any problems?
Thanks guys!
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Hey guys, I just got my trans temp gauge installed.. My ? is, what's the normal temp that I should be running without having any problems?
Thanks guys!
i would guess 150-165?.... i dont see a stall listed in your mods....
I do have one bud, 3k stall... Still the same temp?
I will take a gamble and say its still around the same........ whats the guage say?..
Yea ive always heard no higher than 180. the cooler the better...
Wtf! It says 240-250 at normal driving! =/
Holy hell.! Put a cooler on that thing before u mess something up. Tranys worst enemy is heatQuote:
Originally Posted by White Devil
did you bypass the radiator when you installed your cooler??... If so .. change that back around...... and make sure it goes into the rad then to the cooler in front and back to the trans......Quote:
Originally Posted by White Devil
Mine runs 200-210 summer time in louisiana. In the winter, takes about 15-20 miles or more to get up to 100 if its around 30 degrees. I dont have a cooler though. Its been beat on for 140,000 miles and ran at these temps since Nov 2003, still kicking.
Normal operating temp is around 175. 195-215 is starting to get a little warm and anything over 250 is not good. If you haven't already, I would flush and change the fluid. Here's a graph to give you an idea, but IMO the cooler the better for the most part.
Transmission temperature/failure chart.
What cooler are you using?
If your temp. sensor is tapped into the pan, or wrong cooler line, you have to add 15-20 degrees to your temp. to make up for the temp. of the fluid INSIDE the trans.
i figured hed be using the factory setup with just the cluster swapped? :doofus:
You guys are talking about farenheit right?
If it was celcius, you'd have issues to say the least lol.
So you are saying there is something wrong when your tranny fluid is boiling?Quote:
Originally Posted by truckinL33
:spit:
Maybe he meant Kelvin...nyuck, nyuck.
Oh wow... Is it getting that bad??? :dancenana:
I thought we were talking about high temps, not the absolute lowest temp. :ugh2:
Well the thing is that I start the truck and in less than 15 sec the gauge reads 230-240F even in parking! And I do have a 46,000GWV tranny cooler or something like that, I mean I bought the biggest cooler I found.. That's why I'm confused.. Something has to be wrong... Don't you think so?
:doofus:forgot this was an external gauge. You need to put the sending unit in the pan so you're measuring the temp there. Fluids get warm when you compress them so having rediculously high temps on the pressure side is believable.
Check the temp with a scanner program. If its still high then you need to check the wiring going to the trans and if thats good you need to check the wiring inside the trans going to the temp sensor. If thats good then you need to install a new pressure/temp sensor in the transmission.
Doesn't sound right. Sounds like a gauge/wiring issue as Red said.Quote:
Originally Posted by White Devil
I put a "t" like 8" before the tranny cooler on the hot side.. From there I put the bulb that I got with the gauge kit and I run the SIGNAL wire from there all the way to the gauge.. I weld also a ground wire to the Cooper "T" and the chassis.. Also another ground wire from the gauge to the battery and the + wire from the battery to the gauge too.. I do have to say that the signal wire was a bit to short and I have to add an extra 15" of wire, can that be an issue to send the signal messed up?
:lol: remember last year that happened to me at SARQuote:
Originally Posted by txarkitekt
not to hi-jack.. but you cant trust the factory tranny sensor?
My truck does not have a tranny temp gauge bud.. That's why i'm trying to install an aftermarket one..
i figured that. but was wondering about what red said.
the factory wiring won't affect the gauge. Move the sensor to the pan. I was thinking he was working with the factory sensor for some reason. :nutz: Sorry for the cornfusion.