Check your transmission fluid level. Get some fluid on your finger from
the dipstick and smell it for a burnt smell - even a very slight burnt
smell is not good. It should smell like fresh tranny fluid - nothing
else. If you do mountains and/or tow alot - get a tranny temp gauge and
cooler.
Shane
Adam Spellman wrote:
>Coming back from ohio this weekend (I live in northern Virginia) the dak
>started overheating in the mountains of west Virginia. The weather was
>hot and muggy and I had the a/c going as well. While climbing one of the
>numerous mountains I noticed my temp gauge way past its normal setting
>and reading around 230-240! I shut off the a/c and took the next exit to
>check it out. All of my fluids were normal and no lights came on the
>dashboard. I limped home with the a/c off and babying it up the hills.
>The temp gauge stayed in the normal range (180?) unless I was climbing
>more hills, even going 55-60 when it would spike up to 210-220. I've got
>a 2000 4.7 quadcab 4x4. any thoughts on this before I take it to the
>shop? Thanks in advance. adam
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