Keep it or sell it?
Post Fiend
Joined: Sep 2005
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From: Ohio
Hybrid eater,
You are RIGHT! Made the decision to keep her. No more waffling. I'm a PSD guy. Good or bad. Doesn't mean I won't cry like a baby if it dies next week though.
My Coolant and Oil temps (edge insight) were as follows under these conditions (no towing and truck empty--except wife's big butt).
72 mph highway (72 degrees air temp): It was primarily at 194/205, but would occassionally go to 196/206-207.
stop and go: 190-192/198-202.
Questions:
1. Are these number great, good, normal, an indication of clogging?
2. I understand the delta of 15 degrees signals a problem. But what is at the OTHER end of the spectrum? In other words, what's a really good (normal) delta?
You are RIGHT! Made the decision to keep her. No more waffling. I'm a PSD guy. Good or bad. Doesn't mean I won't cry like a baby if it dies next week though.
My Coolant and Oil temps (edge insight) were as follows under these conditions (no towing and truck empty--except wife's big butt).
72 mph highway (72 degrees air temp): It was primarily at 194/205, but would occassionally go to 196/206-207.
stop and go: 190-192/198-202.
Questions:
1. Are these number great, good, normal, an indication of clogging?
2. I understand the delta of 15 degrees signals a problem. But what is at the OTHER end of the spectrum? In other words, what's a really good (normal) delta?
Junior User
Joined: Feb 2010
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I think your normal. Pretty much your at a 10-12 deg diff. I just got my EGR cooler, Oil cooler, EGR valve and turbo recondition mond.. Got the truck back yesterday and i got my edge insight CTS today in the mail. I hooked her up and running hard, 98 mph, 23 psi im running 208/213. Never got above a 5 deg spread. How many miles does your rig have?
Post Fiend
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A couple runs (or a very long run) with VC-9 might do the trick.
Lead Driver
Joined: Oct 2010
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From: Ouray, CO
Got my truck a Scangauge for X-mas, sure enough, I had a 35deg. delta when towing 
, when I bought her I got the ESP too. This morning I picked her up from the dealer all fixed (EGR cooler, Oil cooler, Degas cap) at no cost to me.
Keep it, get the warranty, and fix it when it breaks. I plan on replacing her at 200k if funds permit, but until then....
At least give the new engines some time to see what failures occur, they should be good but only time will tell.
, when I bought her I got the ESP too. This morning I picked her up from the dealer all fixed (EGR cooler, Oil cooler, Degas cap) at no cost to me.Keep it, get the warranty, and fix it when it breaks. I plan on replacing her at 200k if funds permit, but until then....
At least give the new engines some time to see what failures occur, they should be good but only time will tell.
Now you have to learn to drive looking out the window again
- rather than watching the scangauge2.
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