Front Cargo Rack Creating Overheating
HI Folks: Just back from 12000kms trip to Maritimes. Found out loading of front cargo rack created to much air flow reduction to rad compartment and caused overheating problems. I posted write-up and...
Forum Discussion
bikerdib wrote:
I've been thinking about doing a front hitch receiver on my truck too but this has been the reason I haven't. I live in SE Texas and for the last few weeks the temps have been around 100. My Ram has a cutout in the bumper for air flow to the lower cooler. I was going to put a low mounted receiver that came through the bottom of the air dam but I don't want to cause overheat problems.
Although I have spare weight capacity on my Dana 60 front axle, I have the same worries about blocking flow to the radiator or transmission cooler. It may be fine if everything is working well, but what happens when you need that additional capacity? On our Seattle - St. Louis trip, I lost the fan clutch and was able to continue on to service at 50-55 mph in 90 degree heat without overheating (200-220 degrees coolant and 170-190 degrees transmission) as long as we didn't use the A/C. This was with a GCW of over 19K lbs using the setup in my profile.
