Grill winter diaper
Anyone leave their diesels winter grill diaper on when towing?Getting a late start to AZ this year and it's pretty cold here and I have the diaper on. Have always removed it when we left before, but i...
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Tvov wrote:
So this is about pickup trucks and not medium / heavy duty trucks? It never occured to me when I had my 2000 F250 7.3 to use a grill cover, and I don't see them around here at all on pickup trucks.
Even the heavy duty trucks don't seem to have the grill covers like they used to. Back in the '70s and '80s seemed like 4 out of 5 big rigs had covers, now I rarely see them at all.
Would newer engine designs account for this?
Most trucks today have a fan clutch which engages when a certain temperature is sensed. Otherwise the fan turns freely. That is why a radiator cover or shutters aren't needed in most cases as in "the old days". Back then the fan hub was solid and ran all the time, keeping the engine from reaching operating temperatures in very cold weather. Much better system today-I hated working on those shutters as they were a pain to get right.:R
