Interesting thing happened last weekend as I was driving home. It was something like 40 degrees out (F, for you Canadians), I was pulling my motorcycle in its trailer, which weighs about 1500lbs total, and had the heater going full blast because my toes were frozen from riding. I was probably 30 minutes into my trip, doing about 65 on a fairly level road and the A/T temp light came on. I immediately pulled over, after damn near crapping my pants - I've had some bad experiences with "TEMP" lights from my previous vehicle, an '86 Chevy full-size van. After my slight panic attack, I realized that this shouldn't be happening. I've done the same thing in July and August, going 6 hours and never had a problem. The only thing that had changed was that the tranny fluid was changed during the 90K service. Aparantly, there is a design flaw in the X - seems that the heater is so good that it will heat up parts of the drive train under the truck. This it the only logical explanation. I lowered the heat and the problem went away. Thinking about adding a tranny cooler now that the bike gets towed everywhere I go - the MPs try to impound the trailer if I disconnect it - claim it's an abandoned vehicle. Just a wanted to share this everyone - might want to warm up the interior to your liking before you drive if you're pulling a load - then back that baby off. damn good heater though.
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