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From : oz

Q: maybe it was something as simple as he was back up a hill and some oil went out the blow-by tube getting on the exhaust hi all this is my first diesel so pardon me if this is considered normal behavior for my truck. first ... its a 2004 ram with the 305/555 cummins engine. 4wd automatic. i just purchased two seadoos with a double trailer. total weight is approximately 2500 lbs. i pulled them from lake ozark mo to dallas tx last weekend with absolutely no trouble. in fact i pulled them in overdrive all of the way and the tranny never hunted one time. i dropped them off to be serviced and picked them back up last night. i was backing them into my storage facility which is a complete bitch to do. firstly i am backing them uphill around a corner. i had to start straightening out at which point i have to ride up on a curb with my driver front tire. rpms were up pretty good to accomplish this. i finally got everything where it should be and i smelled a burning smell. smelled like hot oil. i glanced at my temp gauge and it was up a little higher and usual ... just over the halfway mark 200. i unhooked the trailer and went for a spin down the road to cool things back down. my question is what was burning the tranny it might have been. backing up can send the trans temp right off the scale. try useing low range if possible next time. roy craig c. .