It was a cold reading. No issues with fluid level, just loss of color smell and viscosity indicating it definitely needs to be changed.
That's interesting...my cold running reading is at 6.5...this is with the new transmission recently installed by the dealership...
so they did the rest of pcm and no dice so they did the valve body replacement and found it was a quart low on transmission fluid from the factory lol. also center support bearing on driveshaft was bad they replaced it. the truck feels better but its not fixed. first shift from the dealer parking lot had that old lag and jerk to the next gear . they said drive it 500 miles
That is in proper hot range. Technically overfilled about a quart if that was checked cold.I've had a similar issue. I believe it is just dirty used tranny oil. The service interval says 150k miles but that is straight bs. No transmission should ever go that long without a fluid change especially if ever towing or riding it hard. I posted a picture with the color of my tranny fluid which smells completely burnt let me mind you. This is after 62k miles. I plan on changing fluid, filter, and having it flushed ASAP.
My truck wasn't actually running, it was just cold. And I was on an incline checking it. I just wanted to see the quality of the tranny fluid not quantity. Why did you have your tranny replaced?
I was also on an incline while checking it. I wasnt too worried about check quantity I really just wanted to see quality. And the quality of it is VERY poor
I'm surprise you could get any thing to read on the dipstick without running...second question = my transmission blew up...
Interesting that your support bearing was bad. That bearing really doesn’t do much other than support that shaft. If things are set up right it shouldn’t see much loading. Maybe some axial loading due the axle wrap up but that should be relatively minor. Just by the looks of the bearing it should be able to see a decent amount of misalignment before problems arise. That’s why there’s so much play between the inner and outer races. Did they mention why the bearing failed? Im no auto expert but with all the bearings I’ve installed in industrial applications, 95 percent of the time a bearing goes out it’s due to something other than the bearing being the cause. Maybe an imbalanced drive shaft? I also noticed the mounting holes for the bearing are slightly slotted so maybe the clearance was taken out of one side axially by having the bearing pushed to far one way of the other? Or maybe they’re just cheaping out on bearing materials? Who knows. How’s the truck been riding overall?so they did the rest of pcm and no dice so they did the valve body replacement and found it was a quart low on transmission fluid from the factory lol. also center support bearing on driveshaft was bad they replaced it. the truck feels better but its not fixed. first shift from the dealer parking lot had that old lag and jerk to the next gear . they said drive it 500 miles
when i was looking at the data from pro cal mine seemed to run about 210 for casual sunday driving. I dont know if thats how for a transmission or not? something about the ULV fluid seems odd to me. I thought viscosity was a "good" thing lol.
Sounds like everyone is going to expect to have the same fate as mine once the mileage accumulates...
The fact that pump output is determining shifting would explain a lot about the cold first shifts.
