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Transmission temp 195 F
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Not necessarily bad. In fact, too low a temp is no good either as it won’t cook off moisture and volatiles. IIRC trans fluid starts to break down over 220 degrees so you are well within range. May even be a bit higher with todays synthetic lubes.
I have never checked mine but now you have me thinking about it. Might have a look on my next drive.
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I have never checked mine but now you have me thinking about it. Might have a look on my next drive.
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Don’t have all the details you are looking for but I have been watching it on my gauge.
Within about 15 minutes of driving from cold start I’m around 185. After driving on highway for 30 minutes I’m around 190-195. If I’m having a little fun for a bit I see 205-210. Never seen higher than 210. This in 85-90 degree temps.
That range does not concern me at all.
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Within about 15 minutes of driving from cold start I’m around 185. After driving on highway for 30 minutes I’m around 190-195. If I’m having a little fun for a bit I see 205-210. Never seen higher than 210. This in 85-90 degree temps.
That range does not concern me at all.
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I installed a PPE trans pan about a year ago and it keeps the fluid temp around 165F-185F, with stop and go traffic it climbs to about 210F on a hot day but cruising on the highway at 60mph will bring it back down to 180ish, the only down side is during winter it takes forever to heat up, one really cold day it barely got over 95F
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That’s the the thing about a finned metal trans pan that’s cooled by airflow the fluid must go back into it even if the thermostat is closed it’s basically flowing back into a chilled bowl, doesn’t matter if the thermostat is opened or closed the fluid must flow back into the pan which is being cooled be the flowing air and the colder the air is outside the faster is will cool
I have a P3 gauge and an OBD2 reader running live data while I drive, my coolant thermostat opens above 174F while driving because it never drops below that but the lowest if seen my trans temp was 95F on 2F day in VA (granted I only drove for about 30 min) and these are the readings I’ve been getting for the past year I didn’t pull these numbers out of thin air, i didn’t trust the plastic pan so I simply looked up a metal version and bought it and installed it then proceeded to review it for a year and posting my findings that’s all, I also regularly drive from VA to NY and on a 50F day my trans temp hovers around 165F, so either the sensors in the car are lying or I bought some miracle trans pan
I wouldn’t trust running a P3 and an OBD reader on a splitter. These pans have been discussed ad nauseam in my high performance FB group.
Coolant t-stat is factory 180° so if you’re seeing temps under that and low trans temps…I’d question it.
That’s not even getting into the well documented issues running these cars hard before the trans is up to full temp which is 195-215°. Ask Adam at ZFG his findings on that….but cooler is not better. If you actually did never get up to full temp you’re just asking for shifting issues.
Coolant t-stat is factory 180° so if you’re seeing temps under that and low trans temps…I’d question it.
That’s not even getting into the well documented issues running these cars hard before the trans is up to full temp which is 195-215°. Ask Adam at ZFG his findings on that….but cooler is not better. If you actually did never get up to full temp you’re just asking for shifting issues.
The P3 is hard wired in and the pan has a NPT port for a temp probe which I’ve removed since the P3 gauge gives about the same temp, also I have the Platinum the hardest I’ve ever pushed it was 6Krpm it mostly cruises on the highway at 2Krpm, the car shifts amazing sometimes it feels like a CVT (once again a sample size of 1) I installed it for the hot summers and for some road protection, I’m not selling trans pans or being a fanboy I’m just posting my finding to people looking for information, it’s something I’ve tried for a year and I’m posting the results I’ve gotten, so if someone has $300 burning a hole in their pocket and is looking for one of these pans then is the results you could probably get or better or worst
It’s a simple pigtail that comes in the box that you splice into the labeled wires and connect the gauge to instead on the OBD2 connector and the tutorial is on their website I broke 3 clips getting the dash off to do it I’m not doing that again for a simple pic if I do any other upgrades in the future what requires removing that part I’ll post pics of the install but the wiring diagram is on their website also
