X5 is gone

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Originally Posted by RickM5X3

Yikes, I wonder what mine looks like after multiple trips over Vail pass on 7% grades up to 10,600k feet in elevation at WOT 5,000 rpm and above (maintaining at least 60mph). Can't be pretty, but at least the torque converter is in lockup mode.

If you keep it in lockup and not hunting for gears it is fine, that is what kills the fluid

I have towed with heavy duty pickups and the X5 and I always felt the X5 was more stable, at least up to the 5000 lb loads I towed. It is the long distance between the rear axle and the hitch ball that kills stability on a pickup Good reason to go with a pickup and a 5th wheel