1993 Transmission overheating 4X4

[juvenalchavez91]

I have a 1993 ford explorer eddie bauer 4X4. It keeps overheating when I go off road. I installed an aluminum fluid cooler with a fan and it still spits out the fluid from the top when it overheats. Doesn't get hot in bumper to bumper traffic.

 

[410Fortune]

Here are some threads for the a4ld puking fluid from vent

HELP!!! 1994 A4LD Trans Puking Fluid!!!

Please help! I have a 94 XLT 4x4, 4.0, A4LD with 275,000 miles. Today, I drove about an hour of highway driving, with the A/C running, in 80 degree temperature. I stopped in a parking lot to feed my baby while waiting for my wife to meet me for dinner. I was parked, with the engine running...

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'93 A4LD Trans Overheats Under Load

Well I'm stumped here and hope someone out there can shed some light on this one. The problem; Transmission overheats under load and dumps fluid out the breather tube. It's fine on the hiway and around town (Atlanta). But going uphill for 10-15 minutes in 2wd, not in OD, (40 mph or so) the...

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Do you have a temp gauge in the transmission to see the fluid temps?

 

[juvenalchavez91]

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Here are some threads for the a4ld puking fluid from vent

HELP!!! 1994 A4LD Trans Puking Fluid!!!

Please help! I have a 94 XLT 4x4, 4.0, A4LD with 275,000 miles. Today, I drove about an hour of highway driving, with the A/C running, in 80 degree temperature. I stopped in a parking lot to feed my baby while waiting for my wife to meet me for dinner. I was parked, with the engine running...

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'93 A4LD Trans Overheats Under Load

Well I'm stumped here and hope someone out there can shed some light on this one. The problem; Transmission overheats under load and dumps fluid out the breather tube. It's fine on the hiway and around town (Atlanta). But going uphill for 10-15 minutes in 2wd, not in OD, (40 mph or so) the...

www.explorerforum.com

Do you have a temp gauge in the transmission to see the fluid temps?

Thank you so much!! I don't have a transmission temp gauge. What I don't get is that my explorer only has 69k miles ( confirmed by DMV records) single owner. The fluid has been changed 5 times already.

 

[410Fortune]

Make sure it is not overfilled
Also
Make sure the breather line / vent tube is clear and breathing

What is the temp of the fluid in the pan?

 

[juvenalchavez91]

Make sure it is not overfilled
Also
Make sure the breather line / vent tube is clear and breathing

What is the temp of the fluid in the pan?

I did check before the trip and it was not overfilled. I'm not sure on the temperature but it pukes it from the middle and stops after it cools down.

 

[BrooklynBay]

Your stock cooler is receiving heat from the engine since it's part of the radiator. You could have the transmission run on a separate cooler which isn't part of the radiator. Was this already done? I could see the cooler with a fan in the first photo. Does the auxiliary fan run continuously or with a thermostatic controller?