Texas Cold
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Texas Cold
Hey guys i was just wondering:
Im from south east texas and we got a good northern that didnt get us out of the 30's for a couple days... it seemed that in this time i was gettin worse fuel mileage and in the mornings, even though i plugged my truck in, the waste gate was opening/closing (i dont remember which it does when it is trying to heat it up then when you step on the brake pedal it quits) it was doing this while i was driving... is it supposed to do that?
It was low 20's and high teens in the mornings when it was doing that. Didnt do it in the afternoons in the 30's. Thanks for the input.
Im from south east texas and we got a good northern that didnt get us out of the 30's for a couple days... it seemed that in this time i was gettin worse fuel mileage and in the mornings, even though i plugged my truck in, the waste gate was opening/closing (i dont remember which it does when it is trying to heat it up then when you step on the brake pedal it quits) it was doing this while i was driving... is it supposed to do that?
It was low 20's and high teens in the mornings when it was doing that. Didnt do it in the afternoons in the 30's. Thanks for the input.
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Hey guys i was just wondering:
Im from south east texas and we got a good northern that didnt get us out of the 30's for a couple days... it seemed that in this time i was gettin worse fuel mileage and in the mornings, even though i plugged my truck in, the waste gate was opening/closing (i dont remember which it does when it is trying to heat it up then when you step on the brake pedal it quits) it was doing this while i was driving... is it supposed to do that?
It was low 20's and high teens in the mornings when it was doing that. Didnt do it in the afternoons in the 30's. Thanks for the input.
Im from south east texas and we got a good northern that didnt get us out of the 30's for a couple days... it seemed that in this time i was gettin worse fuel mileage and in the mornings, even though i plugged my truck in, the waste gate was opening/closing (i dont remember which it does when it is trying to heat it up then when you step on the brake pedal it quits) it was doing this while i was driving... is it supposed to do that?
It was low 20's and high teens in the mornings when it was doing that. Didnt do it in the afternoons in the 30's. Thanks for the input.
I know some of the sound you hear when you first start it is the EBPV being closed to help warm up the truck. Other than that, someone with a lot more experience will probably be by shortly to tell you the exact details.
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kyle
im in kountze, about 30 miles north of beaumont and its been cold here.
iv been letting my truck warm up in the mornings and i can hear the ebv close and the rpm's go up. when i tap breaks it stops.
i think tonight or tomorow it may get in the 20's.
way to cold for me lol.
im in kountze, about 30 miles north of beaumont and its been cold here.
iv been letting my truck warm up in the mornings and i can hear the ebv close and the rpm's go up. when i tap breaks it stops.
i think tonight or tomorow it may get in the 20's.
way to cold for me lol.
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to cold for me to, pipes in the house froze after the electricity went out til 230 in the morning, then the heater broke the next night!! lol it was a fun week...
as for the truck, thanks for the input. i just wanted to make sure my truck wasnt being special again and causing me some
problems again. lol thanks guys.
as for the truck, thanks for the input. i just wanted to make sure my truck wasnt being special again and causing me some
problems again. lol thanks guys.
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lol you texas guys are crazy. my sister lives down tehre and she said they closed the schools and stuff the day before you were suposto get that snow storm. '
up here in pa we have 20 degree nights and 30 degree days. i dont like it and neither does my truck.
keep her pluged in and you will be ok
up here in pa we have 20 degree nights and 30 degree days. i dont like it and neither does my truck.
keep her pluged in and you will be ok
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20 degree nights? Hell, its been in the single digits quite a few nights. Your EBPV is doing its job like its supposed to. It will also do it while driving when you're light on the throttle and open up when you get on it. When its as cold as it has been lately, it takes a lot to get it to open and I can actually get my truck to whistle like a tea pot through the leak in the up pipes!
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a pic of me in 60 deg. weather.lol
i dont like the cold one bit, i think thats one reason why i never moved out of texas.
iv been to colo, ark, okla, new-mex. all in the winter and liked all the snow,
but was glad to get back home.
iv been leaving my truck pluged in all night for the last few days
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**breaks out the klenex**
Tissue ladies?
Ugh.... Tonight....-7... High today...9.
Last week... one night, -30 windchill...the next.... -35 windchill.
WAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
**Runs off before the flying wrenches start hurtling my way.
Tissue ladies?
Ugh.... Tonight....-7... High today...9.
Last week... one night, -30 windchill...the next.... -35 windchill.
WAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
**Runs off before the flying wrenches start hurtling my way.
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no joke. 20+ accidents shown on the news for each day of ice.
You should see what happens when it rains....
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ya billybob my sister went to colorado to stay at my cousins place somewhere around denver this last weekend and they werent able to do anything due to the bad weather skiing wise.