FULL FORCE
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around 70 degress, but that was only for a little bit, yesterday i towed my friends 27 foot Formula boat, about 8500 lbs and it never went above 180, maybe it was just being goofy the other day.
Trans temp question.
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around 70 degress, but that was only for a little bit, yesterday i towed my friends 27 foot Formula boat, about 8500 lbs and it never went above 180, maybe it was just being goofy the other day.
patrickc
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I would be installing an additional cooler if it were me. With the trans pan and additional cooler in my truck if I pull 8,000lbs, in 80* weather (full size truck and trailer) I rarely see temps over 150 degree's. The cooler you can get your tranny to run the longer it will last. Just my 2 cents.
aklim
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I run about 80 deg above ambient, give or take pulling about 16500#. 8K on the Excursion and 8.5K on the Toy Hauler. All I have is a BTS trans and 6.0 cooler. IIRC, it was 90 and some change with the stock trans and the 6.0 Cooler.
WD40
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My fifth wheel is about 16500 with total being 24500 and I run about 150 pulling the fifth wheel at 70 MPH. The highest I have seen is 165 on a 90 degree's day.
JimmyDee
God Bless America
The guys that are seeing 225 and up should be using synthetic ATF. It will withstand a full 100 degrees F higher temperature without degrading. I have seen 185 once while towing my fiver.
Jim
Jim
My truck with stock coolers would run 180*+ in the summer unloaded. Now that is reading the internal PCM sensor which will show a higher temp than the port mounted one that most use. Until recently my truck did not tow. On my 2nd trip with the new TT I hit 210* in 70* temps on very mild rolling hills. I have since installed a Tru-Cool additional cooler. We will tow to Arkansas this weekend, so we will see how the temps are now. My around town temps are between 30-50* cooler now.
