Overheating when climbing hills
We are new to RVing. We purchased a 92 Fleetwood Bounder, 34 ft. It has a Cummings engine and Allison Transmission. It runs excellent EXCEPT for when climbing hills. The temperature gauge sits at ...
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I agree with the above post. 210 is not too hot when climbing a hill. My Cummin's will hit that number in very hot weather climbing.
Normal is about 185-190.
Remember to reroute the blow by tube from the top of the engine to the bottom of the radiator. It will coat the radiator with an oil film and of course attract dirt and dust until it plugs the fins on the radiator.
Happened to mine at only 30,000 miles. Did the reroute and now have over 70,000 miles and still clean and runs cool.
Normal is about 185-190.
Remember to reroute the blow by tube from the top of the engine to the bottom of the radiator. It will coat the radiator with an oil film and of course attract dirt and dust until it plugs the fins on the radiator.
Happened to mine at only 30,000 miles. Did the reroute and now have over 70,000 miles and still clean and runs cool.
