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Old 09-22-2009, 08:20 AM
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Re: Tranny cooler

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Originally Posted by SoCal LS-L View Post
I dont recall ever hearing that the transmission was "weak", just the overheating part. And please correct me if im wrong, but I have heard driving around town with the selector in "3" is actually better for the transmission by reducing the gear load.... am I just misinformed
I'm with you. It's not that the tranny is weak, it's just that so much heat is going on in there and the passages are small, and I have read that going around in 3 will save you some life as well. It looks like we've read the same thing
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