Side or rear radiator diesel pusher
What are the advantages/disadvantages of side vs rear radiator on a diesel pusher?
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et2 wrote:
LOL - I want one just because it's different. Can I get a new MH?
Ray Chez post made a lot of sense. The one poster who said the side gets fresh air, not from the engine area. Are you saying the air to cool is coming off the outside of the coach into the bay? Is this true? Can someone confirm. If so I would think that is a big advantage - cooler air.
It is true that the side radiator sucks the air through the radiator from the side. While the rear radiator also sucks the air from outside also, but through the bottom into the box and out through the CAC and then out the radiator. So it is the same principal getting rid of heat from the engine. One sucks air and down the engine while the rear works just the opposite. Sucks the air from under the box and pushes it out the rear.
The only big advantage that I see with the side is changing the belts at probably eighty to a hundred thousand miles. They are all different and that is why you have to check them every so often. Other then that you can not do much more on the engine from the rear. Filters are easy to change on either one.
