Downshift or exhaust brake?
I was just thinking after reading a post about gas vs diesel trucks where somebody mentioned they liked diesel because of the exhaust brake. I've never had a diesel, always gas. If I come up to a long...
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ShinerBock wrote:4x4ord wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:
Towing this weekend I will also look.
An experiment that might teach us something while your Ram is grade braking would be to watch your turbo boost/engine brake gauge while going down a grade at about 3000 rpm and your foot right off the throttle. Then just touch the throttle and see if the gauge suddenly displays boost instead of braking. I'm guessing that the computer is deciding which gauge to display based on throttle position.
It won't. I have aftermarket gauges and there is no boost when the EB is engaged and the turbo shaft speed slows down. I will try to record it for you one of these days.
Same with our old Blue 2001.5 RAM with boost gauge on the A-pillar.
