2.7l Silverado, 7,200 lb TT Vs Monteagle
2.7l Crew Cab, 7,200lb travel trailer Vs. Monteagle Mtn… 17 minutes of Towing goodness for you all. Monteagle Towing Thanks! Jeremiah
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Jeremiah
Good thinking and have gotten to know you over the years on this forum, which can say you will do the maintenance well.
There are two things suggest
#1 is that the coolant these days are rated for 5 years or more life cycle. The thermal system is one huge key to the longevity of any of these, modern small displacement ICE’s which are forced fed.
OATs and HOATs coolants are well know to have issues with O2 getting into the system to wreck havoc. The why most all OEMs have gone to a closed, overflow bottle.
They are now pressurized and the main onus is to keep O2 out when folks like me has to check coolant level/condition often. To check is to view coolant level through the translucent bottle walls and that they now have graduations for High and Low. Check on that level at each oil change, or like me…check it often, along with tires, oil level, etc
#2 is to find and read up on your engine. Did that when Ford’s EcoBoost came out because had similar concerns of the longevity. Found that Ford did many things that were sound engineering. Biggest was that inside the engine, there was/is an oil spray system to cool the piston undersides. That is something boy racers of my day did for their ‘built’ engines. Meaning that the engine oil is going to see some higher temps than a naturally aspired engine would see.
If you find that info, please post back on this. As I’ve not been able to find it…though haven’t had must time to do a proper search.
Beautiful setup !!!
Good thinking and have gotten to know you over the years on this forum, which can say you will do the maintenance well.
There are two things suggest
#1 is that the coolant these days are rated for 5 years or more life cycle. The thermal system is one huge key to the longevity of any of these, modern small displacement ICE’s which are forced fed.
OATs and HOATs coolants are well know to have issues with O2 getting into the system to wreck havoc. The why most all OEMs have gone to a closed, overflow bottle.
They are now pressurized and the main onus is to keep O2 out when folks like me has to check coolant level/condition often. To check is to view coolant level through the translucent bottle walls and that they now have graduations for High and Low. Check on that level at each oil change, or like me…check it often, along with tires, oil level, etc
#2 is to find and read up on your engine. Did that when Ford’s EcoBoost came out because had similar concerns of the longevity. Found that Ford did many things that were sound engineering. Biggest was that inside the engine, there was/is an oil spray system to cool the piston undersides. That is something boy racers of my day did for their ‘built’ engines. Meaning that the engine oil is going to see some higher temps than a naturally aspired engine would see.
If you find that info, please post back on this. As I’ve not been able to find it…though haven’t had must time to do a proper search.
Beautiful setup !!!
