Engine overheating
Hey all- We have a 2005 Holiday Rambler with a Cummins ISC 330. On our way to Flagstaff AZ, at 7,000 feet, we began to experience some overheating. The water temp gauge spent quite awhile in the re...
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dshinnick wrote:
So the fan blades are PUSHING air out the back? Who'd have guessed...and who designed this goofy system anyway???
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And the thing with all the tiny fins on it, behind the fan blades: is it the radiator or the CAC? (I've figured out what that stands for....)
Easier for a fan to draw air from the engine room and force it to the rear than to have it try to draw air from the vacuum area behind the coach driving 60 MPH.
CAC= Charge Air Cooler= Inter-cooler= After-cooler. Different names for the same beast.
And, on the majority of rear radiator chassis, the cooling system is SANDWICHED, with the CAC in front of the radiator.
On a few, such as Monaco products and rear radiator Alpine coaches, the cooling system is STACKED, with CAC above the radiator.
