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Originally Posted by Cheryl
Thanks, I'll check with the shop as to the colour. Wouldn't the truck gauges indicate if the engine was hot?
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I'm not familiar with your dash layout but yes, you should have a gauge (I hope) that would show if your "engine" was hot. That could be because of a problem with the coolant or engine oil (not full). The smell should be a tell tale of what's going on; coolant, oil, trans fluid, brakes all have a distinctive smell that tells you what it is right away. If you don't know what those smells are you have to look for overheating or leaks. If your truck can monitor trans. temp you need to watch it along with your engine temp. If it was brakes, and it was going uphill, your trailer brakes could be out of adjustment.
I'm afraid that you're working your truck very hard on those kinds of grades with a 3.42 ratio. A 3.42 isn't really a towing ratio and combined with 7000 lbs. and long steep grades there's no telling what it may be doing.