So yesterday I was driving back from NY to goto Boston when I got hit with crazy traffic...great. I hate traffic but I hate it even more when you have a 5-spd manual with ya, to much shifting even to my liking. So I roll up my windows to have my peace of mind (18 wheeler next to me) and after maybe 10-15 minutes I feel really a good amount of heat coming through the well where my tranny would be. I could actually feel some heat coming from it. I don't ever remember it ever being "hot" like that to the point where it can actually heat up the car with my windows rolled up. I blame the constant stop and go traffic and constantly pushing on the clutch, but is there another underlying problem here? My engine seemed to be fine, it was maybe a touch above the 210 mark but given the humidity and 80 degree temperature I would expect a bit of a rise. The engine quickly re-cuperated in instances so that is was at or a bit above the 210 mark so I believe that is ok.
I drove my jeep to work today and it was fine, the tranny well was not hot at all and all was good, then again, it was alot cooler today and less humid. Has this happened to anybody else?
Oh yea I drive a 98 Cherokee Sport 5-spd manual and this happened in the evening so, nooo, it wasn't the global warming effect. =)
THANKS!
JoeyB
I drove my jeep to work today and it was fine, the tranny well was not hot at all and all was good, then again, it was alot cooler today and less humid. Has this happened to anybody else?
Oh yea I drive a 98 Cherokee Sport 5-spd manual and this happened in the evening so, nooo, it wasn't the global warming effect. =)
THANKS!
JoeyB