Steering Box/ Atomatic Trany fluid pump

98XJLongBuild

NAXJA Forum User

Location

San Jose, CA.

• Jun 15, 2010

• #1

Does the 1998 XJ with an automatic use the steering box as the pump for the trany. fluid??? I ask this one because my tranny all of a sudden runs extremly hot. So im thinking that its the fluid not being pumped thru the trany cooler.

How would I be able to tell if the steering box is going bad???

Also is there a kit to rebuild the steering box???


Thanks-:us:

 

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Ben_Dyer

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Sterling

• Jun 15, 2010

• #2

no it does not

 

98XJLongBuild

NAXJA Forum User

Location

San Jose, CA.

• Jun 16, 2010

• #3

well one of the lines come out of the trany and then go to the steering box then to the cooler and back to the trany.

 

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JJacobs

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Fort Collins CO

• Jun 16, 2010

• #4

No it doesn't.

 

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robsjeepxj

NAXJA Forum User

Location

North Jersey

• Jun 16, 2010

• #5

Then where do the lines in and out of the power steering box go? It's highly doubtful that your actually right but if you really think it does I'd like to see it. Please post some pictures of said hose routing.

 

ehall

NAXJA Member

NAXJA Member

Location

Southern Maryland

• Jun 16, 2010

• #6

It looks like they are routed through each other but they are separate.

 

98XJLongBuild

NAXJA Forum User

Location

San Jose, CA.

• Jun 17, 2010

• #7

Yea after I installed my larger tranny cooler today it looks like they go to the driver side of the raditor for the motor. Which seem really strang.

 

my2monkeys

NAXJA Member

Location

Mission Viejo, CA

• Jun 17, 2010

• #8

They are routed thru the radiator to warm the trans. fluid up.(sounds weird,I know)

 

98XJLongBuild

NAXJA Forum User

Location

San Jose, CA.

• Jun 17, 2010

• #9

thats really dumb. Don't quote me on this bu don't you always want a tranny to run as cool as possible.

 

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JJacobs

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Fort Collins CO

• Jun 17, 2010

• #10

No. A transmission is very happy at 170-180 degrees, similar to an engine being most efficient when warmed up.

 

98XJLongBuild

NAXJA Forum User

Location

San Jose, CA.

• Jun 17, 2010

• #11

Ya after I talked with auto meter about my tranny gauge they said it was possible that it was my ground for the guage not hook good enough.

Also JJacobs would you now when to tell if my steering box itself is going/is bad???

 

joe_peters

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Grants Pass, OryGun

• Jun 17, 2010

• #12

http://www.tciauto.com/Products/TechInfo/trans_life_expectancy.asp

120-175, above that you are shortening the life of the fluid, the higher the temperature the shorter the life of the fluid and if not changed will lead to transmission damage.

 

98XJLongBuild

NAXJA Forum User

Location

San Jose, CA.

• Jun 17, 2010

• #13

Ya I've seen that graph somewere else, don't remember were thou. Mine now runs, after installing the largest B&M tranny cooler that they have, at around 150 to 170 maybe reach 180 190 on a hot hot day.