Should I Change Transmission Fluid

[hungerforraptor]

So, I spent the 4th of July week in Carolla on the Outer Banks, North Carolina on vacation. Saw a few other raptors too.....

Well, anyways, I spent a good deal of time playing in the sand, then one day it occurred to me to check transmission temp, gauge read 242 degrees. At this point I had already been playing in the sand for about an hour already.... So I am not sure how long the temp has been at this reading.

So, question is, Should I change the oil? Is the oil life compromised by being at such a high temp for a good amount of time?

I had been in 4X4 High, off-road mode.

 

[DezRaceSVT]

I would check and see if the fluid is still red and give the fluid a smell. If the fluid has a burnt smell or the color has changed and is no longer the normal red color then I would change it. Does the trans. still operate like it should with no hard shifts or anything like that?

 

[hungerforraptor]

I would check and see if the fluid is still red and give the fluid a smell. If the fluid has a burnt smell or the color has changed and is no longer the normal red color then I would change it. Does the trans. still operate like it should with no hard shifts or anything like that?

Will check this weekend, haven't had a chance to yet. Truck has been sitting all week, not that I am afraid to drive it but its not my daily driver.

I did call my local dealer, and they told me the same thing. I know this transmission doesn't have a dip stick so I gotta figure out how check it. Probably will have to remove the fill plug.

 

[Boss Hoss]

One reason I run the bigger pan and Amsoil...

 

[Badrap]

One reason I run the bigger pan and Amsoil...

What pan?

 

[Hockster]

What pan?

This one
Performance Automatic - News

 

[NickPic83]

SDHQ sells the same one

 

[hungerforraptor]

This one
Performance Automatic - News

I will be investing in one of these pans.

 

[Hockster]

SDHQ sells the same one

didnt see it there.

---------- Post added at 10:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:33 PM ----------

I will be investing in one of these pans.

A very very smart idea!!!

 

[NickPic83]

Ford Raptor Transmission Pan