Jfly96
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- Jim
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- Tacoma Washington
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- 2019 Ranger supercrew lariat
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- High Voltage Electrician
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Looking for some answers and or advice. I have a 2019 ranger lariat with tow package, 7500# tow rating. While on the first day of a 2,800 mile trip with my 22' 5000 lb dry & about 6,500 loaded trailer through Washington, Oregon, California and back. Only 200 miles into the trip I felt a weird shuttering of the transmission or engine, I was traveling on flat ground interstate 5 at about 75 mph on a 75 degree day, my foot was in it pretty good up to this point and I figured I may be in limp mode or something from hammering too hard, I backed off and drove like a normal person for the rest of the day , I did pull over and look underneath and noticed I burped out some tranny fluid. Finished my 500 mile trek to Crescent city and the next day had a shop put it up and check the fluid. They could not find the vent if there is one but did notice the wet fluid underneath. They found the dip stick checked the fluid and topped it off, the fluid was still pink and the tranny only took a small fraction of a quart, hardly nothing at all. They saw no problems or reason for me to do anything further since it was driving normal. I did an additional 2,200 miles over the next 3 weeks over major mountain passes like Tioga at 10,000' elevation and several more 8000' passes with zero issues and the tranny shifted like butter. I was easy on it the rest of the trip.
Questions :
1. Is there a vent and where is it?
2. Is there a tranny cooler? some say there is and some say there is not, the dealer says there is, and I asked is it a heat exchanger or actual cooler the tech said its and actual cooler.
3. Where the eff is the transmission temp gauge on these modern trucks and if there is none any suggestions on adding one.
4. Is this the same 10 speed transmission that is in the F150? , for some reason I was under the impression that it was and so there for I thought I could lay into it a little more knowing this but the tranny still seemed to over heat or something.
Any advice would be welcome. I asked the dealer about adding a cooler and they said there is not anything they are aware of unless maybe there is an after market option.
Thanks
Jim.
Questions :
1. Is there a vent and where is it?
2. Is there a tranny cooler? some say there is and some say there is not, the dealer says there is, and I asked is it a heat exchanger or actual cooler the tech said its and actual cooler.
3. Where the eff is the transmission temp gauge on these modern trucks and if there is none any suggestions on adding one.
4. Is this the same 10 speed transmission that is in the F150? , for some reason I was under the impression that it was and so there for I thought I could lay into it a little more knowing this but the tranny still seemed to over heat or something.
Any advice would be welcome. I asked the dealer about adding a cooler and they said there is not anything they are aware of unless maybe there is an after market option.
Thanks
Jim.
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