Cat d6c torque converter overheating

I have a cat d6c 10k serial no. Range that the torque converter gets hot (in the red) after an hour or two. Any thoughts?

Just a guess...torque converter flooding. Scavenge pump might not be doing it's job. You might search back posts; seems like I've seen some diagnostics posted before, either here or on ACME site.

The 10K was and still is notorious for a overheating TC. You probably do have a flooding issue making matters worse. Stall the machinein third gear and kill the engine, and remove the hose on the bottom of the TC housing. If you get more than a gallon or so, you have problems andneed to check some pressures and the scavenge pump.

I pulled the filter and magnet today. The magnet was very dirty and loads of metal shavings, cleaned magnet and filter, i am going to take it off tomorrow and clean it agsin, but still overheats after an hour or so. Thanks much for the help.............

PCA16, good advice from Lonestar to test for flooding because if you have too much oil in there, no need to get out the gauges. The only thing we would add is that flooding is caused by one of three things:

-Worn scavenge pump that can’t keep up with normal residual torque oil.
-Excessive oil from torque because of worn seals or cracked impeller.
-Blockage in the system that will not allow oil to return to sump (plugged breather/clogged cooler/rag/etc…).

Keep in mind that the torque is only one part of a system that includes the transmission and brakes and that a metal failure anywhere can damage the scavenge pump and torque causing the symptom but it may be the victim instead of the source.

Which screen did you find the metal in? If you pulled one screen better go for the other one and split your filter too so we can analyze the material and make sure you go for the right component, otherwise you might have to do it all over again.

Excessive internal converter leakage ..?