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Hello Shatz:
Thank you for your reply and the helpful information. It is good news that your AT pulled the load without trouble. Indeed, I rememeber you posted about it several months ago when I had the previous overheating episodes. In my neck of the woods, these cars generally blow up the ATF cooler inside the radiator, which soon blows the AT with "strawberry milkshake" (lack of) lubrication. Whether that is due to poor maintenance, climate or other factors, I cannot say. I can say that it happened to my car with PO although he strictly observed the maintenance schedule as shown by the dealer stamps in the service book. Of course, the dealer service representative swore to me they put in a new AT temperature sensor, but all I can tell for sure is that I read the OBD I code for a disconnected sensor and so found it under the car. I checked after the AT overheated so badly the car was enveloped in acrid smoke without any flashing of the orange arrow warning light. Information from Steve Ringlee regarding the high temperature tolerance of synthetic ATF also helps, as I run Mobil 1 ATF with a Volvo ATF cooler I put in. Anyhow, this time the orange arrow warning light and E,S,W indicator lights stopped flashing soon after I put the AT in D and eased off the gas. Best regards.
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