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ScottG wrote:dodge guy wrote:Tom&Dee wrote:Trlrboy wrote:
Uhhhhhh... you forgot to mention the idling diesel.
I am one with an idling diesel. You need to keep in mind that when I pull into a campground and back my trailer in the exhaust temperature does increase to about 450*. Without idling to cool the exhaust down (time depends on how warm everything is, how hard the engine is worked prior to arriving, etc) the turbo is spinning about 10,000 rpms and shutting it down hot causes the oil flow to stop while the turbo is still spinning and the heat will cause the oil to burn (coke) around the bearings and cause a premature turbo failure. If you are next to me when I pull in I will shut the engine down soon as I arrive PROVIDED you or anyone else puts $1000 in my hand because it will cost me more than that to replace the turbo. Now, I don't let it sit and idle for hours but I also watch the pyrometer and soon as I can I shut it down.
By the time you check in the truck has idled enough to cool down the oil. and by the time you idle through the campground it is cool enough to shut down! no reason to idle it in the campground for up to 30 minutes.
Tom, Your pyro may be bad if it shows it takes any more than 3~5 minutes to drop below 300 degrees - it just doesn't take any longer than that. There's no way the temps are that high after slowly driving around a CG and just maneuvering into a spot.
โJun-16-2014 07:56 AM
โJun-16-2014 07:36 AM
dodge guy wrote:Tom&Dee wrote:Trlrboy wrote:
Uhhhhhh... you forgot to mention the idling diesel.
I am one with an idling diesel. You need to keep in mind that when I pull into a campground and back my trailer in the exhaust temperature does increase to about 450*. Without idling to cool the exhaust down (time depends on how warm everything is, how hard the engine is worked prior to arriving, etc) the turbo is spinning about 10,000 rpms and shutting it down hot causes the oil flow to stop while the turbo is still spinning and the heat will cause the oil to burn (coke) around the bearings and cause a premature turbo failure. If you are next to me when I pull in I will shut the engine down soon as I arrive PROVIDED you or anyone else puts $1000 in my hand because it will cost me more than that to replace the turbo. Now, I don't let it sit and idle for hours but I also watch the pyrometer and soon as I can I shut it down.
By the time you check in the truck has idled enough to cool down the oil. and by the time you idle through the campground it is cool enough to shut down! no reason to idle it in the campground for up to 30 minutes.
โJun-16-2014 07:25 AM
pitch wrote:
Well it was getting dark, and I was going to park at Wal-Mart for the night. Then I remembered that the folks on RV.net would say I was a cheap SOB, and that I was giving the RV community a bad name by parking in a lot, and that I was stealing out of the poor hardworking Cg owners pocket.
we had considered ourselves lucky that my overloaded, grocery getter 1500 hadn't exploded and killed 40 orphans on the way to camp.
So I decided to take the high road and continue on to the CG. Maybe I will stay home next season. Seems I am wrong with this community no matter what I do!
โJun-16-2014 06:43 AM
โJun-16-2014 06:04 AM
CKNSLS wrote:
If headlights, drunks, loud children, barking dogs, music etc., etc., bother some of you, you should stay home.
Any RV park I have ever camped in had at least one of the above.
โJun-16-2014 05:58 AM
โJun-16-2014 05:00 AM
Bumpyroad wrote:jake2250 wrote:
US campsite here,,,some state DMV laws also require the driver to Honk the horn if not equipped with a back up alarm,,,,,,
I'd like to see some references please.
bumpy
โJun-16-2014 04:53 AM
old guy wrote:
well for one thing my lights come on after it gets dark automatically. I am sure there is a way to turn them off by bypassing the system, I don't know how to do it. do you???
โJun-16-2014 04:36 AM