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holstein13
Explorer
Sep 04, 2015

Base Idle, Fast Idle, Non Idle - Best Practices Diesel

What are best practices for idling and what are the theories behind them. For example, I never use my base idle speed unless I'm in traffic or at a red light. Otherwise, I'll high idle (1,000 RPMs) ...
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WILDEBILL308
Explorer II
Sep 12, 2015
Mr.Mark, If it isn't during quiet time I don't see where anyone has a beef. You can't help how long it takes to get checked in or someone blocking the way.
Do you have a EGT gage? I find it an extremely useful tool.
obgraham, Please keep your comments relevant to the OPs question. If you want to make snarky comments about how loud and terribly annoying big coaches are, please start a new thread.
Bill

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