I want high idle
Is there anyway to get my 8.3 cummins to go on high idle? I drive motorcoach bus and on them you just set the cruise in order to get them bumped up to 1100-1500rpm while sitting.. I've tried that on m...
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msmith1199 wrote:
I don't know much about MH cruise controls, but on cars I'm pretty sure most cruise controls are using the actual speed of the vehicle and not the RPM of the engine. I'm not quite understanding why the cruise control would work to keep the RPM's up on a vehicle that is sitting still. Is this just a feature that is built in to cruise controls that are installed on diesels just for the high RPM idle?
Most truck drivers will run their engine all night while they are sleeping to either run air condition or heat. Both of those work better at high idle. Plus running a big diesel at idle for an extended period of time is not good for a number of reasons. Not too sure why they carried this over to motor homes as we usually don't need to run them while we are sleeping. I like it to build air pressure quicker.
