TRANNY

I learned something today. I just ordered a BAFX 34t5 OBDII Scan Tool. Once it arrives, I will download the "Torque" app. I will use my phone, but may also use our Galaxy Note 10.1 for this purpose.

Oh well, I tried.

I purchased a BAFX OBDII Bluetooth Adapter for Android. I downloaded Torque Lite and tested. It did not show a listing for transmission temperature, but said the full app had more things available. Since the lite app worked, I went ahead and purchased the Torque Pro version. Unfortunately, the two transmission temperature options (method 1 and method 2) are not green, meaning no reading is available. Now I spent money on this device and the app and still can't find out the transmission temperature. This is not a problem with the device or Torque, but with Ford not having this reading available for my 2016 Escape SE, even though it has the factory towing package with transmission cooler. I would think that this would be one reading available with this setup.

On the bright side, it looks like there are other items I can read which will be useful. Hopefully, some of the items available will help me get better performance for towing.

Torque has a placeholder for tranny temp. It has placeholders for some other parameters that also have no data. However, I do not fault either Torque or the BAFX OBDII device. The BAFX person who replied to my inquiry on Amazon said that it would report what data was available. I would have to check with Ford to see what is up with  this.

The adapter is working great otherwise. I do not see any problems with it connecting, and there does not seem to be much if any lag in the speed of it reporting. I checked several devices and their reviews before purchasing this one. It had overall high ratings, much better than some of the other ones. I'm just glad I didn't spend $100 or more on it only to find that I could not get the one piece of data I wanted.

Edit:  It works!

It turns out that the PID in Torque was not the correct one for the transmission temperature on the Escape. Plug in the correct PID, and now I can get the temperature reading just fine.

Thanks. I do have a tachometer, I'll have to add the rest.

Yes, seeing the turbocharger boost is interesting. When driving at normal highway speeds, and boost pressure is near zero (under 1600 rpm engine speed), but when towing, boost is always at 10-15 psi at 65mph, and up hills it ramps up to 25psi when the tranny downshifts to 7th and 6th. More boost, more fuel...