Engine temperature while towing
I guess I'm old school, but I had always been taught that if the temperature gauge moves up towards hot, you pull off and let it cool down. I'm pulling a 32' Keystone Cougar X-Lite that is 6700 lbs em...
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tdouty wrote:
I did notice that when it got to around 230 it stayed there or began dropping off. This clutch fan you mention ... what is it and about when would it come on?
Yep, that's about when it would kick. All of my trucks have shown a bit of an increase on a long hard pull, the aux fan would kick on when the gauge shows about 230*, and the temps would immediately stop climbing and usually head back down. Sounds like everything is working fine.
I'm surprised you didn't hear the fan kick in, though -- on my Duramax, it sounded like a plane about ready to take off. I guess is isn't as noticeable on my gasser because the engine is already running at high rpm.
You may be old school, but these trucks are not. It is pretty hard to damage them if everything is working correctly.
Good luck!
