How hot is HOT
Ford v10 (v8,v6) when water temp reaches a certain temp, half of the cylinders shut down into limp. What is the actual temp in degrees that this occurs?
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Chum lee wrote:
I simply don't understand this type of thinking. IMO, the exact temperature of the coolant (50/50 mix hopefully) doesn't matter. If your Ford V10 goes into limp mode because of a coolant overtemp (read the provided gauge on the dash) AND you continue to drive it, well, YOU DESERVE EVERYTHING that happens next.
So, if my Ford goes into limp mode 25 miles north of Plush in the Oregon desert outback due to, for example, a once-and-for-all stuck shut radiator thermostat that has been sticking off and on for months but I didn't notice it because it never before stuck shut long enough to force the Ford into limp mode but this time is really stuck shut for good .... and I didn't realize all this was going on (and hence able to do something about it ahead of time) for months because I didn't have a good old fashion analog radiator temp gauge on the dash that would have been showing a "little hot" off and on for months ... THEN I DESERVE THAT out in the middle of nowhere????? :h
The OEM engineers, and the OEM marketing types and the OEM accountants and the OEM lawyers ... need to stop trying to outthink us owners and thus techni-mess everything up .... cuz they're really not that good at it. Our eyes, our ears, and what's between our ears - is way ahead of them.
