EOT surpassing 300
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EOT surpassing 300
Hi FTE, i just bought a Scan gauge 2, and inputted all of the codes to Xgauge.
One of them i added was EOT, when i first turned the truck on the EOT was -2.5. Then i drove about 2 miles to the local bagel place and it was at 305 EOT. I think i have a wrong code, because im guessing if i was surpassing 300F EOT, my truck would not be running correctly and most likeley have a CEL, and some other bad stuff. I pulled the dip stick and there was NO smoke and i could touch the oil with out burning my self.
Can i either get a correct code, or what is going on?
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One of them i added was EOT, when i first turned the truck on the EOT was -2.5. Then i drove about 2 miles to the local bagel place and it was at 305 EOT. I think i have a wrong code, because im guessing if i was surpassing 300F EOT, my truck would not be running correctly and most likeley have a CEL, and some other bad stuff. I pulled the dip stick and there was NO smoke and i could touch the oil with out burning my self.
Can i either get a correct code, or what is going on?
Thanks
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So i figured out what was wrong, mix up where the 9 and 0 went. i think its working normally,
What should be my range between ECT and EOT?
on avarage it was from 185-205 ECT and 195-210 EOT
Those are when warmed up and driving around town it would fluctuate between there
What should be my range between ECT and EOT?
on avarage it was from 185-205 ECT and 195-210 EOT
Those are when warmed up and driving around town it would fluctuate between there
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Generally the delta is 15 degrees max with no load on flat ground with a fully warmed up enige driven between 15 and 20 miles normal driveing.
8 to 12 is considered good. Lower even better.
8 to 12 is considered good. Lower even better.
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Thats at 60 to 65 mph no hills. Flat ground.
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What year? Apparently the early years won't necessarily throw codes for high eot. That's just what I read in a post about Ford updating the strategy for cooling hot engines a while ago. If your cooler was plugged, 300 degrees wouldn't be so hard to reach but the engine would probably be running pretty warm at that point too. And 300 degrees would be a stop driving the truck immediately type of temperature! So double check the codes and or try it on a friends truck.
Edit nevermind I guess I opened this thread a few hours ago so I didn't read the more recent replies.
10 degrees is normal around town with ac on. On a 50 degree or colder day, just normal driving, they should be within a few degrees of each other.
Edit nevermind I guess I opened this thread a few hours ago so I didn't read the more recent replies.
10 degrees is normal around town with ac on. On a 50 degree or colder day, just normal driving, they should be within a few degrees of each other.
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What year? Apparently the early years won't necessarily throw codes for high eot. That's just what I read in a post about Ford updating the strategy for cooling hot engines a while ago. If your cooler was plugged, 300 degrees wouldn't be so hard to reach but the engine would probably be running pretty warm at that point too. And 300 degrees would be a stop driving the truck immediately type of temperature! So double check the codes and or try it on a friends truck.
Edit nevermind I guess I opened this thread a few hours ago so I didn't read the more recent replies.
10 degrees is normal around town with ac on. On a 50 degree or colder day, just normal driving, they should be within a few degrees of each other.
Edit nevermind I guess I opened this thread a few hours ago so I didn't read the more recent replies.
10 degrees is normal around town with ac on. On a 50 degree or colder day, just normal driving, they should be within a few degrees of each other.
Hence why you don't rely on factory gauges. They are basically useless unless you just want to know when things start to melt.
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Just to add, after sitting 18-24 hours the OIL, Coolant, and Trans temps should be within a few degrees of each other as well as the outside temp. Once the sun comes out and starts heating the ground/hood the temps would have more variation.. this would help you identify that -35 is wrong.
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I have no idea what you are saying or what point you are trying to make. The delta is important driving around town and whether ac is on or off is also relevant info. And neither he nor I are referring to factory gauges we are discussing the scan gauge 2.