Considering Newmar with Cat Diesel - heat?
I am considering a 2003 Newmar Dutchstar with a Cat Diesel that has become available in my area. This unit has 33,000 miles on it, 2,000 hours on the Onan. This unit belongs to a neighbor friend of m...
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kmb1966 wrote:
Thank you for the responses so far. I asked this person for more details of this overheating claim. It goes like this:
The diesel engine is in the rear, the radiator is in the rear. His theory is that when or if there was ever an OIL LEAK, the oil leak while driving gets on the radiator, clogs the radiator not allowing it to cool. Even after the oil leak is repaired, the radiator remains clogged until it is removed and cleaned. Hmmmm............
Well...considering the Dutch Star has a side radiator he's already wrong in his theory.
With that said, of course if something gets plugged up it may over heat. My farm tractor was running a bit warm this Spring, a simple air hose to the radiator and it was back to good.
On the other hand we had a '03 Kountry Star DP with the Cat diesel. The Kountry Star had a rear radiator at the time. In 6 years not once did I clean the radiator and not once did it even remotely run warmer than normal.
I won't call your co-worker anything other than severely mis-informed.
Enjoy your new MH.
