ATF gets too hot
This weekend pulling my camper in my signature with the truck in my signature in 75* weather, my ATF was running 196*-201* at a steady 60 mph. When I got to some side roads the temp went to 207*. Pull...
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Look at this another way. While you're jogging, you are breathing heavy and sweating. When you stop, you really start to sweat more and feel hotter than blazes. Why? No air blowing across your body--not moving. So your truck is doing the exact same thing. While moving, it's at 1 temp, you stop, and temp climbs. Like others have said, use 4 low. You should have synthetic oil in trans, if not switch to it. I wouldn't worry about 225* as long as it was short in duration. If running down the road and it's at that temp, then I'd start to get concerned.
