C6 temp gauge
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Do you have a stock steel pan or aftermarket cast aluminum?
Either way, I would put it on the rear of the pan, towards the driver's side. There's nothing inside to interfere with the probe and putting it towards the rear will help protect it from being hit.
Somewhere in this area.
Either way, I would put it on the rear of the pan, towards the driver's side. There's nothing inside to interfere with the probe and putting it towards the rear will help protect it from being hit.
Somewhere in this area.
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My question is where in the circuit does the fluid leave the tranny to go to the cooler and when it comes back, does it re-enter the circuit or dump into the pan?
that answer might change the preferred location
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Makes sense to me, the hotter the fluid when it enters the works, the hotter it gets while working.
My question is where in the circuit does the fluid leave the tranny to go to the cooler and when it comes back, does it re-enter the circuit or dump into the pan?
that answer might change the preferred location
My question is where in the circuit does the fluid leave the tranny to go to the cooler and when it comes back, does it re-enter the circuit or dump into the pan?
that answer might change the preferred location
The fluid out of the converter is usually the hottest, this is especially true if you're in stop and go traffic or towing heavy loads. The more slippage in the converter, the more heat.
That said, putting the temp probe in the trans cooler circuit isn't a good idea. While it is the hottest fluid, that's not the true operating temp. When the fluid is returned to the pan it mixes with the rest of the fluid so the temp averages out and this is the temp you need to keep an eye on.
What matters is the temp of the fluid that's going through the trans. and this is the fluid that's in the pan,
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The fluid out of the converter is usually the hottest, this is especially true if you're in stop and go traffic or towing heavy loads. The more slippage in the converter, the more heat......... When the fluid is returned to the pan it mixes with the rest of the fluid so the temp averages out ...... What matters is the temp of the fluid that's going through the trans. and this is the fluid that's in the pan,
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