Engine Temp how hot is too hot?
So I was just wondering what any of you guys think about this? A few years ago I went camping in the Eastern Sierra Nevada. A place called Tuff Campground. I drove an all stock other than a 4in turbo ...
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Rangerman40 wrote:
A 6.0 is programmed to defuel at 254 degrees oil temp. Get an Edge Insight to monitor your EOT, ECT and FICM voltage along with a ton of other things it can look at.
+1 million for "get a monitor". EVERY 6.0 should have a monitor. If you can't afford an Edge CTS, get the "Torque" App and an ELM237 device, or a Scangauge II (which is what I run). I'd also suggest monitoring EGT (exhaust gas temperature) - extended periods of anything above 1250F on a 6.0 is generally considered harmful
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On extended grades in high ambients, I'll see 230s on oil temp, 220s on coolant temp, for short periods, pulling a 9k TT. Anything into the 240s (which I've seen towing agressively on EB I80 over the Sierra's in California), and I move my next oil change up. 6.0's have a bad name, but are great trucks if you manage them correctly (by monitoring them) and keep intact and clean oil in them. Just like anything else, they wil fail with abuse.
My 2003 6.0 just did a 2700 mile round trip from Northern CA -> Yellowstone,and I saw MANY other 6.0s doing the same thing
