If you've ever towed a trailer up a grade in July or sat through Los Angeles traffic in a 20-year-old SUV, your transmission has probably begged for mercy. Heat is the enemy of transmissions. Too much ...

Long transmission life is dependent on one main premise: heat and how to dissipate it. Too much heat will kill any transmission, no matter how good the internal parts may be. Whether you're cruising, ...

Jeep transmissions love this time of year. Not only do they run cooler in the winter months, but crappy weather along with seasonal trail closures force many Jeeps into a state of hibernation. Sure, ...

Heat is one of the biggest threats to your vehicle's drivetrain. I'm not talking the regular heat an engine makes when it's running, here. No, I'm talking excessive, piston-melting, gear-seizing heat ...

It can happen at any time, it doesn't have to be at 170,000 km. It happens when the transmission oil cooler, which is in the radiator bottom tank, fails and allows engine coolant to enter the ...

For an automobile equipped with a liquidcooled engine, the automatic transmission unit can be either air-cooled or liquid-cooled. Theoretical analysis of one liquid-cooled, and two air-cooled ...