I have an AeroForce Guage on my Jeep and thought we could post our most Extreme numbers and typical in the hope that others will share and perhaps we can collect some relevant data.

Extreme:
2009 JKU no lift, stock wheels/tires
Conditions:
Outside Air Temperature: 101 F Moderate Humidty
Doors Off, Top Fully lowered.
After 30 minutes driving local roads (35-60mph)

Max Simultaneous Readings:
Trans Temp V6: 204 F
Coolant Temp: 215 F

Dash Indications:
nominal

Potential air flow reductions:
Grill Mod installed with gutter guard
Winch with neoprene cover in front of grill (RR XHD Stubby)
Roof Rack with KC DayLighters

 

I just got an aeroforce gauge is it pretty hard to get figured out?

 

It will give you access to displays that don't work. You have to ID what you want displayed and it will cycle through them when in Op mode. but if you can operate a quartz watch with 2 buttons, you'll figure it out. Toughest thing for me is just knowing what some of the abbreviations are. Note, you want the V6 Trans Temp, the other one doesn't work.

 

cool , and do i use platform 5 only?

 

Those numbers are street only. I don't have any exact figures, but I have gotten much worse offroading out here in the AZ summer. (At least before I took corrective action, like aux trans cooler and using 4 low in D with 0/D off).

 

That's what I used, here is the instruction manual:
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I only monitor two parameters because I am in the desert southwest, coolant and transmission temps (with auxillary trans cooler). Don't really care about the other parameters, but the gauge's capability is still awesome.

The highest readings I have seen:
Coolant- 212 degrees
Trans- 192 degrees

Average temps around town:
Coolant- 190 degrees
Trans- 140-160 degrees

Edit: high temps were recorded on LONG hwy climbs thru mountain passes

 

2009 Sahara Auto, mostly stock.

I'm basicaly still back and forth to work yet these days.(ugly weather here)
max water temp...195
max trans temp....160
with aux cooler, fan NOT on, running against a head wind.
I do notice turning o/d off makes a bit of a difference.( cooler trans temp,higher coolant temp).
I am still waiting for warm weather here though. It's been cool and wet.
Hottest trans temp I've seen was 180 on a 20c day, against a strong wind. That was before I plumbed in my aux cooler, so I could have a benchmark temp.
I have noticed a 20+ temp decrease with aux cooler and fan off. When I pull to a stop and turn the fan on I can literally watch the temp drop. Glad I went with one.
I'm interested in reading what other members are seeing.

 

do you have your fan wired to a switch?

 

Yeah I just have it wired to a manual switch on my dash. Trigger wire to the relay is from keyed power source.