Guage gone bad?
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Guage gone bad?
i installed a set of autometer guages and im seeing very high trans temps, but i have a buddy with the auto enginuity scan tool and it read 50 degrees lower than my guage. does anyone know how accurate the scan tools are or is a guage failure a common thing? i also installed the tru-cool max and now it takes longer to get up to hot temps 210 degrees but still gets that hot. thats why i am thinking it is the guage. where does the scanner get its reading from? i just want to be sure before i pull my guages apart and send in my trans guage for the warranty
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-Justin
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-Justin
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Originally Posted by 00250diesel
i installed a set of autometer guages and im seeing very high trans temps, but i have a buddy with the auto enginuity scan tool and it read 50 degrees lower than my guage. does anyone know how accurate the scan tools are or is a guage failure a common thing? i also installed the tru-cool max and now it takes longer to get up to hot temps 210 degrees but still gets that hot. thats why i am thinking it is the guage. where does the scanner get its reading from? i just want to be sure before i pull my guages apart and send in my trans guage for the warranty
thanks
-Justin
thanks
-Justin
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Originally Posted by 00250diesel
i installed a set of autometer guages and im seeing very high trans temps, but i have a buddy with the auto enginuity scan tool and it read 50 degrees lower than my guage. does anyone know how accurate the scan tools are or is a guage failure a common thing? i also installed the tru-cool max and now it takes longer to get up to hot temps 210 degrees but still gets that hot. thats why i am thinking it is the guage. where does the scanner get its reading from? i just want to be sure before i pull my guages apart and send in my trans guage for the warranty
thanks
-Justin
thanks
-Justin
), it may be closer than that.
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i just installed my autometer guages pyro works good and so does boost but im unsure how accurate my trans temp guage is, it kinda stays in the same location. whats the normal running temp for highway driving on the trans, lets say doing 70
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Originally Posted by OfficerDangle
i just installed my autometer guages pyro works good and so does boost but im unsure how accurate my trans temp guage is, it kinda stays in the same location. whats the normal running temp for highway driving on the trans, lets say doing 70
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Originally Posted by OfficerDangle
southern california(right now 60* range) and yes it has a cooler its stock i believe.
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tip- the rule of thumb for normal operation, is the transmission temp should be 70-80* above ambient temps at highway speed
if its 30 out, you should see 110
if its 110 out, you should have an aux. cooler! dont want to see over 190*!!
if its 30 out, you should see 110
if its 110 out, you should have an aux. cooler! dont want to see over 190*!!
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i was hoping my guage was wrong. i diddnt think i should be seeing 210 when its in the teens here this time of year and especially with the aux trans cooler unless my bypass valve or stock cooler is plugged. does the sender wire have anything to do with the reading, say it was too close to something hot would that throw off readings?
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Originally Posted by 00250diesel
.........does the sender wire have anything to do with the reading, say it was too close to something hot would that throw off readings?
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Originally Posted by 00250diesel
i was hoping my guage was wrong. i diddnt think i should be seeing 210 when its in the teens here this time of year and especially with the aux trans cooler unless my bypass valve or stock cooler is plugged. does the sender wire have anything to do with the reading, say it was too close to something hot would that throw off readings?
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i had my autometer boost gauge go out about 2 weeks ago..really nice folks..it was still under warranty (9 mo old) so i expect to have a new one back from them in a dew days..hope you got your receipt.
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thanks guys i called autometer and they are going to send me a new guage and all i have to do is send back the parts i dont use. i hope thats the problem and my stock cooler or bypass isnt plugged but i think its the guage
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thanks for you help guys i found out what the problem was. it was the installer (me). for some reason i diddnt ground the guage. what was strange is that the guage would act like it was reading correctly. take a while to get hot and then rise slowly from there. i gorunded the guage and it doesnt get over 125 now. im glad thats all the problem was. i dont know what i was thinkin
-Justin
-Justin
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Originally Posted by 00250diesel
thanks for you help guys i found out what the problem was. it was the installer (me). for some reason i diddnt ground the guage. what was strange is that the guage would act like it was reading correctly. take a while to get hot and then rise slowly from there. i gorunded the guage and it doesnt get over 125 now. im glad thats all the problem was. i dont know what i was thinkin
-Justin
-Justin