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I have an 04 F250 SD Diesel 6.0 CC with Innovative tunes from Eric.
I had my transmission flushed around a year (15,000 miles ago)..
Yesterday I was driving and noticed a weird shift, today I noticed that the transmission was running hotter than normal during regular driving. (it usually runs in the 160-165* range and today it was around 180-185*) I also noticed some funky shifts. I checked the fluid with the truck in park and running at idle and the fluid is full and dosent smell burnt at all.
I have a couple questions:
Is there a way to trouble shoot to see if I have an issue?
If I do have a problem what route should I go? I plan to keep the truck forever and its in above average shape with only 90,000 miles. The truck is tastefully modded and I love it. If I get something im going to want it to take a beating forever and LAST!!! I dont mind spending extra $ (within reason) to do it right the first time...
Im currently out of work and I dont want to throw $5000 at it for nothing but if there is a true issue I want to fix it and fix it right...
Any help is appreciated.
I had my transmission flushed around a year (15,000 miles ago)..
Yesterday I was driving and noticed a weird shift, today I noticed that the transmission was running hotter than normal during regular driving. (it usually runs in the 160-165* range and today it was around 180-185*) I also noticed some funky shifts. I checked the fluid with the truck in park and running at idle and the fluid is full and dosent smell burnt at all.
I have a couple questions:
Is there a way to trouble shoot to see if I have an issue?
If I do have a problem what route should I go? I plan to keep the truck forever and its in above average shape with only 90,000 miles. The truck is tastefully modded and I love it. If I get something im going to want it to take a beating forever and LAST!!! I dont mind spending extra $ (within reason) to do it right the first time...
Im currently out of work and I dont want to throw $5000 at it for nothing but if there is a true issue I want to fix it and fix it right...
Any help is appreciated.
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I may be wrong but don't think so. When you get into trannies and other peripherals such as ABS, only specialized dealer computers or software pick up these codes. Techs, please correct me if wrong. Could also just be my terminology.
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Thanks man, im hoping to find out some info tonight so I can make the calls I need to tomorow.
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Those intervals aren't too bad.
You MUST change the external filter every 30k miles. I do mine more often than that.
What fluid was used (and you never said who did the flush)?
Also, was it flushed w/ a heated machine? If not, it was not a complete flush.
You MUST change the external filter every 30k miles. I do mine more often than that.
What fluid was used (and you never said who did the flush)?
Also, was it flushed w/ a heated machine? If not, it was not a complete flush.
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yes it was a complete heated flush and it was ford factory fluid. I made sure it was done the rght way. I am going to change the external filter tomorrow. If it hasnt been changed could it be clogged?
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It is just a bypass filter, but it does need to be changed regularly in oder to be useful. The filter in the transmission is essentially a screen, so the external filter is the one doing the real filtration.