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    Downhill in lower gear with automatict ransmission

    Originally Posted By: MolaKule Originally Posted By: supton That temp spike, is it from slippage at the shift, or from heat from something else? Is it a spike or a continous elevation in temperature? It is from the short period slippage at gear change (translation). It takes a finite amount of...
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    Downhill in lower gear with automatict ransmission

    Originally Posted By: Colt45ws Originally Posted By: MolaKule Originally Posted By: tqh I notice that the ATF temp goes up to ~200F when I get to the top (usually 140-150F on flat highways), it drops a little bit when I go downhill _regardless_ of whether I use the brakes or engine braking...
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    Downhill in lower gear with automatict ransmission

    Originally Posted By: MolaKule Originally Posted By: tqh I notice that the ATF temp goes up to ~200F when I get to the top (usually 140-150F on flat highways), it drops a little bit when I go downhill _regardless_ of whether I use the brakes or engine braking. Are you observing the coolant...
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    Downhill in lower gear with automatict ransmission

    I notice that the ATF temp goes up to ~200F when I get to the top (usually 140-150F on flat highways), it drops a little bit when I go downhill _regardless_ of whether I use the brakes or engine braking.
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    Downhill in lower gear with automatict ransmission

    Thanks a lot for the responses. I have to regularly do a ~20 mins of steep descent, hence the question. If engine braking doesn't harm at all, I'll just do it If it harms only a little I'll use the brake.
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    Downhill in lower gear with automatict ransmission

    I have a Toyota Camry with an automatic transmission with a shift knob to force the maximum gear, i.e. if I move it to 3rd, it'll only choose among gears 1, 2, 3, but not 4 or 5. When going downhill I can shift to one of the lower gears to slow down the car without using the brakes. Is it bad...
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    "Partial" ATF change?

    Thanks all! It sounds great. It's an I4 2009 and has a dipstick to check ATF fluid.
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    "Partial" ATF change?

    He is going to teach me how to do it myself... I don't know whether it's safe for the tranny.
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    "Partial" ATF change?

    My friend/mechanic recommends me doing a "partial" ATF change, i.e. without pumping out all old fluid, hence maybe half or a third of the old fluid in the transmission would stay and be mixed with the new fluid. He himself do this to his car every 30K miles. Is it good/bad, what do you think...
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