Originally Posted By: Kawiguy454
It never ceases to amaze me that a certain percentage of responses always involve how badly things will go wrong when I knowingly take an action then somehow forget where I'm at and what I'm doing resulting in a catastrophic chain of events. Must be some of you had a nanny growing up to take care of your fails before they happened.
Disclaimer: If you on meds or just stoopid ...don't try this at home it could lead to an epic fail.
Sitting at a light stopped the 1st gear clutch pack is engaged fully and the torque converter is slipping. The fluid temperature rises probably 50 degrees in a minute. If it is stop and go traffic the high temperature will soak in and never go down to normal cruising temp until after you're cruising again. The slipping tq converter is why we put transmission coolers on towing vehicles and race cars.
FI have a transmission temperature gauge on my truck and it sits between 175ish and 186. A T stat maintains that temp, which I think on my transmission is computer controlled because it seems to have a mind of its own.
After a highway run if I sit I can watch the transmission temp tick down a degree at a time.
Again its 2015...
It never ceases to amaze me that a certain percentage of responses always involve how badly things will go wrong when I knowingly take an action then somehow forget where I'm at and what I'm doing resulting in a catastrophic chain of events. Must be some of you had a nanny growing up to take care of your fails before they happened.
Disclaimer: If you on meds or just stoopid ...don't try this at home it could lead to an epic fail.
Sitting at a light stopped the 1st gear clutch pack is engaged fully and the torque converter is slipping. The fluid temperature rises probably 50 degrees in a minute. If it is stop and go traffic the high temperature will soak in and never go down to normal cruising temp until after you're cruising again. The slipping tq converter is why we put transmission coolers on towing vehicles and race cars.
FI have a transmission temperature gauge on my truck and it sits between 175ish and 186. A T stat maintains that temp, which I think on my transmission is computer controlled because it seems to have a mind of its own.
After a highway run if I sit I can watch the transmission temp tick down a degree at a time.
Again its 2015...
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