trans temp
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trans temp
i noticed the other day when i was driving my truck the trans was only getting to 125 and this was after a 20 min warm up and a 40 min drive (outside temp around 0) on the way home home same drive, only got to 130. is there some sort of thermostat in there or something? what should the temp be running at after fully warmed up? i was usually sitting around 151. truck is 03 with 160k
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IIRC the thermostat is in the pump, so it's a "major" repair. I'm not convinced it's the thermostat itself as much as the sender, which, IIRC, is problematic anyway.
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hmm. i just remembered i did change a sensor for i believe temp in it already. a couple years ago while i was driving i noticed my trans temp guage was maxed out. i pulled over and checked fluid and it was good. my uncle did some research and tracked it to a possible sensor (cant remember what it was called) but i replaced it and it fixed the problem. do you think this would be the same sensor? it was just above the internal trans filter.
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Just for grins and giggles, have you tried reading the temp. with a different gauge? I'm not convinced that you have a problem (except for the 0* outside temps--LOL). Brrrrrrrrrrr
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EOT, ECT, TFT. My TFT is always cooler in the AM than the ECT/EOT
- I would speculate because it doesn't get as hot during my commute
and thus cools off more than the ECT/EOT.
Normal ECT/EOT is 190+, while my TFT is rarely above 150.
I agree with the others, unless you tow or disable Overdrive,
your TFT won't get very high