Trans gets hot when sitting still?
04-15-2008, 10:38 AM
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Trans gets hot when sitting still? The other day i was picking my daughter up from school and when waiting in line i noticed my trans temp was getting hotter sitting there.It reached i belive 220 and stayed there but once i got moving again it lowered to normal around 180.What causes this?..i have a B&M supercooler,do i need a bigger cooler or deeper pan?
04-15-2008, 11:33 AM
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Are you running the cooler as a stand alone or through radiator, Dependng on air flow when you are setting still if running through the raditor the trans temp will rise to just above engine temp , Same situaion but slower if you have radiator bypassed if theresno force air through the cooler then the temp will steadily rise whenyou are setting still. A solution for both situations would be a fan to force air through the cooler even when the car is not in motion.
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Are your fans still at stock settings? These will let
everything run up to 220+ before kicking on and a
trans cooler with no airflow is helpless. If the cooler
is located off the main stack then the fans probably
help very little, anyhow.
everything run up to 220+ before kicking on and a
trans cooler with no airflow is helpless. If the cooler
is located off the main stack then the fans probably
help very little, anyhow.