Trans temp
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It's ideal to keep your fluid temps below 175. This will give you the longest life from your ATF. For every 20 degrees above that, the life expectancy of the fluid decreases by 50%. At around 212, varishes can start to form. At 235, seals start to harden, 255 plates slip, above 300 you can get component distortion. (These figures and results were provided by GM, but should be translatable to all makes)
So...keeping it under 200 should be a goal. A good ATF can help the situation by reducing operatiing temps anywhere from 15 to 30 degrees
Heath
So...keeping it under 200 should be a goal. A good ATF can help the situation by reducing operatiing temps anywhere from 15 to 30 degrees
Heath
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It's ideal to keep your fluid temps below 175. This will give you the longest life from your ATF. For every 20 degrees above that, the life expectancy of the fluid decreases by 50%. At around 212, varishes can start to form. At 235, seals start to harden, 255 plates slip, above 300 you can get component distortion. (These figures and results were provided by GM, but should be translatable to all makes)
So...keeping it under 200 should be a goal. A good ATF can help the situation by reducing operatiing temps anywhere from 15 to 30 degrees
Heath
So...keeping it under 200 should be a goal. A good ATF can help the situation by reducing operatiing temps anywhere from 15 to 30 degrees
Heath
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I'll second that one. I prefer hot line temps....I don't really want to know how hot the oil in the pan is. What i care about is the heat generated by the transmission, right at the hot line start. And those numbers Heath gave are pretty much what Bill, my builder, told me as well, and ones that i live by. At 180 I take measures to stop the climb and at 220 I'm shuttin it down if it goes that far. Driving in lock-up cools the trans a lot faster than running it at idle or out of lock-up if it's been heated out of lock-up. Yours being a 92 won't have lock-up unless you've converted it, so shutting it down is the quickest way to cool it.