I have just returned from my holiday. During this I towed my 2500 pounds camping trailer (caravan). I have stock setup 225 tires, AW4 and 4.0 and it is an 89. THe tranny has a cooler. The trip was almost 2500 km (1600 miles). No major problems at all.
A minor problem is that when driving at straight road at 80km pr hour the rpm are at 1500. When there is a slight uphill or headwind I cant maintain speed without depressing the gas so much that I almost floor it and a following kickdown. It wont downshift easy. Later I learned the trick to shift it down to 3 manually. It would then have more power at 1800 rpm at 80km/H.
Is this normal behaviour of the aw4 with trailer towing? Or should I maybe have run it in 3 all the time. Any thoughts?
regards
Torfinn
A minor problem is that when driving at straight road at 80km pr hour the rpm are at 1500. When there is a slight uphill or headwind I cant maintain speed without depressing the gas so much that I almost floor it and a following kickdown. It wont downshift easy. Later I learned the trick to shift it down to 3 manually. It would then have more power at 1800 rpm at 80km/H.
Is this normal behaviour of the aw4 with trailer towing? Or should I maybe have run it in 3 all the time. Any thoughts?
regards
Torfinn