New Tow Vehicles - Ram 2500 CTD
Decided after a good amount of research to upgrade my TV to a 3/4 ton diesel. Searching for quite some time, and found a great deal on a 2014 Ram 2500 CTD. My truck was okay for my trailer, but I pl...
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spoon059 wrote:
If you are rolling HEAVY and have your EGT's up very high, you might want to leave it running to cool down for a little while. Generally speaking, by the time you slow down to get off the highway, drive on a local road and navigate through the fuel lanes, you are probably down to a low enough temp.
I have an Edge CTS programmer that shows EGT's. I have yet to see them high enough to cause concern though.
Think about this though, Ram doesn't show EGT's in any of their monitors. Also, they don't have one word about it in their manual. I don't think its nearly as much of a worry on newer trucks than it was on the older trucks.
Bingo.
Watching my egts, if I come down off a heavy pull, my egts will be 500+ deg and take a min or 2 to drop to 400 which is where they normally set at idle.
Don't sweat it.
Besides, you won't be able to wipe the smile off your face after said heavy pull and will want to keep er running!
