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BUTCHPHI
May 06, 2015Explorer
My 2000 Tropical on Ford chassis still has all it;s original hoses and serpintine belt after 15+ years and 132000 miles. I figure it must run pretty cool for that to happen. The engine compartment has a mesh like material on both sides of the engine (above each front tire) that I figure routes the cooling air over and around the engine. The hottest engine temperature I have ever seen was 216 degrees engine temp and 189 degrees trans temp (according to scan gauge)and that was climbing an 8% grade at 10000 feet with an ambient temp of 98 degrees towing a Jeep liberty. Virtually no heat transmits through the doghouse.
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