Buddha.
Finally in expo white.
During normal driving my scan gauge2 was indicating my trans temp was getting up to 220-225 everytime I drove it if it was over 80f ambient temps. Didnt matter if I was parked, in stop and go, or cruising down the highway. I wonder how the trans has lasted ten years like this if this is the way its alwsys ran.
I bypassed the stock in-radiator cooler and installed a 24k cooler in front of the condenser and to make sure it was getting up to operating temp i installed an oil thermostat that's not supposed to send oil through the cooler untill temps are about 180 instead it sends the fluid back to the trans. Seemed like a good set up.
Installed it today before work pretty trouble free. Huge differance. I let it idle for ten minutes before heading out and the fluid was only 90 degrees f. It would have been twice that temp before the change. Driving to work 30 minutes it only got to 155 degrees after slowly climbing to that. Again much cooler than before. Granted its an unseasonably cool day of 60f today. I was expecting the temps to quickly rise as before but then top off at about 180.
Is the thermostat malfunctioning? There are only three oil bypasses on the market i may try another but they are $50.
I bypassed the stock in-radiator cooler and installed a 24k cooler in front of the condenser and to make sure it was getting up to operating temp i installed an oil thermostat that's not supposed to send oil through the cooler untill temps are about 180 instead it sends the fluid back to the trans. Seemed like a good set up.
Installed it today before work pretty trouble free. Huge differance. I let it idle for ten minutes before heading out and the fluid was only 90 degrees f. It would have been twice that temp before the change. Driving to work 30 minutes it only got to 155 degrees after slowly climbing to that. Again much cooler than before. Granted its an unseasonably cool day of 60f today. I was expecting the temps to quickly rise as before but then top off at about 180.
Is the thermostat malfunctioning? There are only three oil bypasses on the market i may try another but they are $50.