Cat 330 Engine Overheating
Started having overheating problems en route to Colorado Springs from my home in SW Oklahoma. Looked like a stuck thermostat. Engine would function fine for miles, then suddenly start to overheat. ...
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You will find the worst of the CAC clogging will be in the corners outside of the radius of the fan. It is not unusual for that area to be 100% clogged with a mixture of dust and oil fumes from the slobber tube. With the CAC being in front of the radiator it blocks the fan blown cooling air from getting to the radiator. There is a very narrow gap between the CAC and the radiator so you have to be careful to get the crud from the CAC out from between them when cleaning or you will just blow it out of the CAC and into the radiator. It is not a easy job. I have made a small diameter tube wand that will fit in between them with a spray hole at right angles to the tube. I hook my pressure washer to the tube and blow forward into the CAC from the back and rotate it around and blow back into the radiator. Works for me.
Jim
Jim
