Transmission Gauge

Looking into getting a transmission temp gauge for my 2010 TRD OR 4x4.

What are normal temps with everyday driving it should be within?

also, drop some links below if y’all can for which one you’d recommend. TIA!

 

Can't speak for Tacoma as mine is a manual but majority of vehicles I've seen with a factory trans temp gauge run in the 180-210F range (right around what engine coolant temp runs), you never want to exceed about 240-250F for any period of time as the fluid starts breaking down very quickly at high temperature.

In general the cooler you can keep it the better but it's kind of like an engine in that you don't want to run it at too low of a temperature either.

Most people go with a scangauge or ultragauge, easy to install and you can monitor pretty much any parameters available via the OBDII port including but not limited to transmission temp, coolant temp, battery voltage, etc plus it doubles as a basic code reader.

 

Ideally under 200’

Temp gauge, Just buy a digital one that uses the OBD port.

 

I believe the ideal temp during normal driving conditions is under 200.. could be wrong.

Many guys here run a scan gauge (model 2 or 3) to monitor several things, including trans temp.

https://www.scangauge.com/

 

I track mine via the OBD Fusion app and a Bluetooth OBD reader, and it’s worked out great. I think the other alternative is the Torque app and a reader. I’ve used the OBD Fusion’s function to save the trans temp in a directory as an excel file. You can also see the live pan temp via the app.