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I recently purchased a scan gauge 2 for towing a travel trailer, I tow in 3rd with the tow haul engaged. My temp shows around 150 when not towing and around 80 when towing. Sounds kinda backwards to me. Mine has the xgauge so I had to program it to check the tranny temp. If anyone has one of these let me know what yours registers. I might be returning this scam gauge back to where I got it.

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The tranny temp is lower when towing? That is definitely weird.

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I recently purchased a scan gauge 2 for towing a travel trailer, I tow in 3rd with the tow haul engaged. My temp shows around 150 when not towing and around 80 when towing. Sounds kinda backwards to me. Mine has the xgauge so I had to program it to check the tranny temp. If anyone has one of these let me know what yours registers. I might be returning this scam gauge back to where I got it.

 

 

makes me wonder if it actually works.

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I haven't towed anything since I installed it at Christmas so I can't compare the temp between towing/not towing, but everything else seems to work fine. I also programmed in a few different guages on the Xguage and they all appear to work correctly also. Maybe yours is defective? Have you tried deleting the Tranny temp xguage and reprogramming it?

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I recently purchased a scan gauge 2 for towing a travel trailer, I tow in 3rd with the tow haul engaged. My temp shows around 150 when not towing and around 80 when towing. Sounds kinda backwards to me. Mine has the xgauge so I had to program it to check the tranny temp. If anyone has one of these let me know what yours registers. I might be returning this scam gauge back to where I got it.

Wow, your scan gauge acts as a tranny cooler as well..... :chevy:

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I wold like to here what you find out, I have been thinking about getting a scan gauge for some time, but if the trans temp does not work right then it is not worth it to me.

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so you're stating that you can drive around normally and get a tranny temp of 150, then go and hook up the trailer (same day with same weather conditions and temp outside) and put the tow/haul mode on and continue driving for a while and the temp drops to 80? Does it start dropping slowly as you drive, or does it imediately jump down to 80 as soon as you switch the tow/haul mode on and start driving? A little more info please

C & A s Dad Senior Enthusiast

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Joe, I will have to agree with everyone else. Something is wrong. You may come close to holding a similar trans temp when comparing towing and not, but it certainly will not drop like what you have seen. I run an Interceptor Scan gauge and monitor my trans temps with it when towing.

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I am going to try to delete it and start over. It does not fall automatically, it is a slow fall to around 75-80. I drove it today(not towing) and it is around 167 so who knows. I will try again and keep you updated. thanks

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so you're stating that you can drive around normally and get a tranny temp of 150, then go and hook up the trailer (same day with same weather conditions and temp outside) and put the tow/haul mode on and continue driving for a while and the temp drops to 80? Does it start dropping slowly as you drive, or does it imediately jump down to 80 as soon as you switch the tow/haul mode on and start driving? A little more info please

 

 

Yeah it was the same conditions and temp outside , I pulled it in 3rd with the tow haul and it slowly dropped down. I see there are 2 codes for the xgauge for the Gm , a CAN and another I cant recall right off hand, which one did you use?

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I have a scan guauge and my regular temp have been in the 113-114 range(winter driving mostly the outside temps in the 30's-50's), and when towing it went to the 140-150 range. So my scanguage, temp guage seems to be working. I also have a 4L80 in my truck so the temps are lower. I seem to see that the 4L60 do run in the 160-190 range.

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Yeah it was the same conditions and temp outside , I pulled it in 3rd with the tow haul and it slowly dropped down. I see there are 2 codes for the xgauge for the Gm , a CAN and another I cant recall right off hand, which one did you use?

 

I used the settings in the list under GM VPW, not the CAN

my tranny temp guage programming starts with 6C10F122194001 for the TXD setting

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I have a scan guauge and my regular temp have been in the 113-114 range(winter driving mostly the outside temps in the 30's-50's), and when towing it went to the 140-150 range. So my scanguage, temp guage seems to be working. I also have a 4L80 in my truck so the temps are lower. I seem to see that the 4L60 do run in the 160-190 range.

 

I have the 4L60E and am using the ScanGuage II. I normally run between 102 - 130. When I'm towing it climes to 140 - 160. I have not seen it go higher. However, I also bypassed the radiator altogether and installed a rather large tranny cooler. :shakehead:

 

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I have a scan guauge and my regular temp have been in the 113-114 range(winter driving mostly the outside temps in the 30's-50's), and when towing it went to the 140-150 range. So my scanguage, temp guage seems to be working. I also have a 4L80 in my truck so the temps are lower. I seem to see that the 4L60 do run in the 160-190 range.

 

I have the 4L60E and am using the ScanGuage II. I normally run between 102 - 130. When I'm towing it climes to 140 - 160. I have not seen it go higher. However, I also bypassed the radiator altogether and installed a rather large tranny cooler. :lol:

 

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Anon, not trying to get in your business but from all of the research I have done, I have never found one recommendation to bypass the internal cooler. This is especially true in very cold climates.

 

I too have a stacked plate cooler that is twice as big has my OE cooler but I still let the fluid go through the radiator first and then through the aux cooler. I live in the deep south so I do not have to worry about low outside temps as you do.

 

It is your truck but I would suggest you do some research on this and consider re-routing your cooler lines to go through the radiator first.

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