Aquit45
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Is the factory trans cooler enough when towing in 100F temps or should i get a better one.
It should be fine.Aquit45 said:Is the factory trans cooler enough when towing in 100F temps or should i get a better one.
I think it came from the 60's & 70's when people only kept vehicles for 75k miles at most, the vehicles were lower geared (greater torque multiplication = less heat) and the trans were stronger (but less efficient because the rotational mass was greater to get that strength and ruggitness).martin said:I never understand why people buy a vehicle and never think you have to change transmission fluid.
Rick Anderson said:I think it came from the 60's & 70's when people only kept vehicles for 75k miles at most, the vehicles were lower geared (greater torque multiplication = less heat) and the trans were stronger (but less efficient because the rotational mass was greater to get that strength and ruggitness).
No one changed trans fluid THEN, and often got away with it. Most of the manufacturers recommended NOT to change the fluid, it would last the life of the car, unless you were towing.
That false conventional wisdom gets passed down. I've had several friends ask me if their father was right and did they get ripped off by their mechanic, for things like;
"My dad said he never heard of a rear wheel alignment, you can't align the rear wheels and the mechanic ripped me off" Ummm, NO, your car has Rear Independent Suspension, it needs to be aligned, this isn't the 60's where every car was RWD with rear live axles.
"My dad says you don't need to change transmission fluid, its lasts the life of the car" Ummm, open your drivers manual and read it!
"My dad said that I don't need to change the timing chain on my car, they don't wear out" Ummm, you have an OHC engine with a timing belt that needs to be changed every 60k miles or it can break and destroy the engine.
"My dad says he never rotated tires and the front tires never wore out faster then the rear tires, he says I must have a bad alignment." Ummm, your car is FWD, the front tire will wear out much faster than the rear, you have to rotate the tires to keep them wearing evenly. You dad must not have ever owned a FWD car.