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mike-uswest
Explorer II
Mar 22, 2020

Truck overheating towing on long steep grades.

The other day I came out of Death Valley to Beatty which is long and steep, but not that bad, but the transmission temp got up to 230 for most of the trip. I stopped part of the way up and let it cool...
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theoldwizard1
Explorer II
Mar 22, 2020
230F is nothing for transmission fluid ! I worked design transmission over 30 years ago and even then we never got worried until the temp were above 275F ! Most fluid now a days is semi-synthetic or full synthetic so it is good for more than that.

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