Friday in traffic
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Drifting
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Friday in traffic
Friday I had to go to Downtown Houston at 5pm and I new traffic back to Conroe would be a nightmare. I got stuck in stop & go traffic for over an hour! The outside temp was 70* and by the time I got into moving traffic my fluid temp numbers were ( oil 285*, trans, 225*, coolant 225*). I had my AC shut off and I turned on my heater when I saw my trans temps pass 220*. My car has a 160* therm, Dewitts radiator, and fans. Should I look at getting a vented turbo hood?
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Yeah. I used to live in Atascocita, and 59 from the beltway through Kingwood was always a freakin parking lot in the evenings. I was gonna sell beers from my mobile Ice House, but could never merge into traffic from Will Clayton.
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From: Houston TX
Ahh yes good 'ol Houston traffic. Driving on the 290 inbound and outbound is an adventure in itself. Fortunately where I live when I'm in town I know enough back roads to keep me going to get home in the evenings. The amount of time can sometimes be no different than sitting in traffic on the freeways but I'd rather be moving and going a little slower than sitting in traffic on the more direct route. Truly feel your pain.
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Drifting
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From: Montgomery Texas
Thread Starter
Drifting
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From: Montgomery Texas
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Houston is such a joke, you have to meet you lawyer over traffic tickets. I wish they had an option were you could pay double the fine on the spot and it all just goes away. The whole thing is just a shake down for cash anyway. I dont mind paying the fine I just dont want to points on my license or the insurance bump.
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Friday I had to go to Downtown Houston at 5pm and I new traffic back to Conroe would be a nightmare. I got stuck in stop & go traffic for over an hour! The outside temp was 70* and by the time I got into moving traffic my fluid temp numbers were ( oil 285*, trans, 225*, coolant 225*). I had my AC shut off and I turned on my heater when I saw my trans temps pass 220*. My car has a 160* therm, Dewitts radiator, and fans. Should I look at getting a vented turbo hood?
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I thought the modern cars recommended keeping the ac on during high temps.
The ac forces the radiator fan on to draw air through the condenser and radiator.
The ac forces the radiator fan on to draw air through the condenser and radiator.
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I thought the modern cars recommended keeping the ac on during high temps.
The ac forces the radiator fan on to draw air through the condenser and radiator.
The ac forces the radiator fan on to draw air through the condenser and radiator.
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Those posted temps are not bad. Granted, no one likes to see 280* oil temps, but you're running full synthetic and it will just burn off the impurities. Racers will easily hit 280* when going full bore even with airflow - nothing to worry about.
If you're really retentive, change the oil more frequently. As far as the Trans and coolant temps... 225* is completely and totally normal. Your engine and transmission will run for hundreds of thousands of miles at these temps (I got 200,000 miles out of my 1984 auto coupe, changing the trans fluid twice in its lifetime! I even towed a motorcycle with this vette with no external trans cooler aside from the one integrated into the radiator - which was 225-235*!).
You could check to make sure there's no debri behind the radiator, add water-wetter and/or use more water than antifreeze for better heat exchange, or you could even upgrade the radiator and fan - but really, unless you're doing this on a daily basis is it really worth the investment? Don't over think the problem, IMHO. Completely normal.
Last edited by Random84; Dec 6, 2011 at 01:34 PM.
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I was told that too but at the temps the op is talking about, the fans would be at max anyway so having the heater on would certainly help.