Hey guys,
Two simple questions in the bottom of this loong post.
I looked for a similar thread, but couldn't find any, so here's a new one.
The other day I was driving down a Sandy road, and did some pretty cool offroading. Did a little bit of climbing on some rocks too. It was freaking awesome (yes I'm new to 4x4's, so I'm easily excited haha). It was a warm day on top of that.
After a good hour of driving in these conditions, my automatic transmission jumped out of the drive gear into second (I was driving in 2WD at this point). And I couldn't push it back (didn't push with full force). I thought that it was nothing but a fart, so I put the car in 4WD L and back in 2WD, and I was able to change the gear. Five seconds later the transmission did the same again. Jumps out of D into 2nd, and won't go back into D. It was as if the transmission just locked itself.
At this point I realize, that I need to pull over and let the transmission cool off. So I did. When I turned the car off I could hear, what I think was, the transmission oil boiling. Not the best I know. I didn't have any indications that it was warm though until it started jumping. I do have a tranny cooler installed, and it was warm, so I assume it was getting heat out of the transmission.
The car did this once in 5000 miles of mixed driving. I only did rock climbing this one time though.
Here's my question: should I be worried or was it just a matter of an overheated transmission from climbing and off roading in sand?
And is my oil messed up now that it was boiling?
Two simple questions in the bottom of this loong post.
I looked for a similar thread, but couldn't find any, so here's a new one.
The other day I was driving down a Sandy road, and did some pretty cool offroading. Did a little bit of climbing on some rocks too. It was freaking awesome (yes I'm new to 4x4's, so I'm easily excited haha). It was a warm day on top of that.
After a good hour of driving in these conditions, my automatic transmission jumped out of the drive gear into second (I was driving in 2WD at this point). And I couldn't push it back (didn't push with full force). I thought that it was nothing but a fart, so I put the car in 4WD L and back in 2WD, and I was able to change the gear. Five seconds later the transmission did the same again. Jumps out of D into 2nd, and won't go back into D. It was as if the transmission just locked itself.
At this point I realize, that I need to pull over and let the transmission cool off. So I did. When I turned the car off I could hear, what I think was, the transmission oil boiling. Not the best I know. I didn't have any indications that it was warm though until it started jumping. I do have a tranny cooler installed, and it was warm, so I assume it was getting heat out of the transmission.
The car did this once in 5000 miles of mixed driving. I only did rock climbing this one time though.
Here's my question: should I be worried or was it just a matter of an overheated transmission from climbing and off roading in sand?
And is my oil messed up now that it was boiling?