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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Campfire Time wrote:
Some temp gauges are just pretty front ends that replace the old dummy lights. They have 3 settings. Cold, just right, or over heating.
The gauges in my 2007 Expedition 5.4L were as you describe.
I thought I would be fine if I watched my temp gauges when in the mountains and simply slow down when they started to climb.
NOPE. as soon as the gauge moved at all the dashboard lit up like a christmas tree (ALL gauges pegged, all lights on) and computer reading "VEHICLE OVERHEATING - PULL OVER"
No wiggle room. Not knowing how much time I had to pull over was also a bit stressful with a couple big trucks behind me, somewheres around Yellowstone.
As soon as I got back home to Michigan I traded the Expy in for a diesel TV, bought a $9.95 OBD II reader and the Torque OBD App for my phone.
Now I don't worry. (about that haha)
I loved that Expy though.
-RF
