Pyrometer and diesel trucks
I have a 2006 Dodge 2500 with the CTD, since I will be towing my boat (boat and trailer are about 3200 pounds) and the campers about 2600 pounds I was wondering should I install a Pyrometer. Here in t...
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Tamnative wrote:12V Cummins wrote:
stock, no worries. Not stock get gauges
This pretty much says it but they do help after a long haul to let you know when you can shut down,or just let it idle for 5 or so min. before shutting down.
If it takes you 5 minutes or so to get off the freeway, through the surface streets and to a parking location, that serves as well for the cool down period. Just about any driving where you are not in top gear is going to be a very light load on the engine and the extra air flowing over the radiator as you drive surface streets is going to cool down enough.
And just to make it clear what it is you are trying to cool down; Diesels have turbo chargers, these are run on exhaust gasses. Those parts get hot and they are lubed with oil. If those parts stop moving, the oil that remains in contact with them will coke up and over time will build up. By running the engine with the exhaust gasses at cooler temps, like idle or low load speeds, those parts cool off enough so that the oil won't coke.
