The Cummins soon to take on the Ike
Time to place our bets; I still haven't decided whether the Duramax did lousy or if the Ford is an over achiever. Ignoring the performance of the Duramax I'm going to say the Cummins will do the ru...
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Cummins12V98 wrote:4x4ord wrote:
^^^^ Not that I'm doubting you but how do you know the truck is not just displaying a temperature value to make you feel good? I know some people claim the temperature guages are glorified idiot lights..... designed only to read high once the temperature gets above a dangerously high level. Many oil pressure gauges are like this as well. Manufacturers don't want people complaining about their oil pressure dropping down to 5 psi during idle so the gauge lies.
I belong th the Turbo Diesel Register. They know stuff.
I go into the EVIC to see the temps I mentioned.
Another thing to keep in mind when comparing temperatures is that to ne able to compare values from one truck to another we'd have to know where in the system the reading was being monitored.
