I'm going to do a 6.0 PSD engine swap!!!
It's been about a year and a half since I sold my 2005 E450 that I bought new. I miss my van. Since then, I bought a 1997 Ford E350 Airstream B190. I like it because it reminds me of the 2005 that ...
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I think the best way to prevent wet stacking is to just turn the truck off. Even at high idle, I don't think a diesel develops enough heat to achieve clean burning because it suffers lack of load.
At work, our old locomotives sometimes ran continuously for years. When a long idled locomotive was put to work, it often blew so much fiery soot out, it started prairie fires near the track. On the other hand, newer locomotives have an automatic shut-down feature designed to save fuel, sometimes as soon as 5 minutes after non-active operation. A side benefit is less accumulated soot. I'll bet the mean-time-between-overhaul increases too.
I recently bought a 7.3 truck that came with a dealer installed Ford Auxiliary Idle Control. But my intent is to avoid excess idle time and I don't think the original owner idled it much either as the Control looks unused. This strategy may require more frequent starter replacement, but so be it. The truck starts in 1/2 turn when warm anyway.
Note that prevention of wet stacking is not listed as a System Description use for the factory high idle control.
Wes
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I think the best way to prevent wet stacking is to just turn the truck off. Even at high idle, I don't think a diesel develops enough heat to achieve clean burning because it suffers lack of load.
At work, our old locomotives sometimes ran continuously for years. When a long idled locomotive was put to work, it often blew so much fiery soot out, it started prairie fires near the track. On the other hand, newer locomotives have an automatic shut-down feature designed to save fuel, sometimes as soon as 5 minutes after non-active operation. A side benefit is less accumulated soot. I'll bet the mean-time-between-overhaul increases too.
I recently bought a 7.3 truck that came with a dealer installed Ford Auxiliary Idle Control. But my intent is to avoid excess idle time and I don't think the original owner idled it much either as the Control looks unused. This strategy may require more frequent starter replacement, but so be it. The truck starts in 1/2 turn when warm anyway.
Note that prevention of wet stacking is not listed as a System Description use for the factory high idle control.
Wes
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