Something weird happened...
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From: Walterboro, SC
Something weird happened...
Yesterday I went to pass sombody with little space so I got on it hard to get around them. Well I looked at the exhaust temp to see what I'd gotten up to and it was on 300 degrees!!! It actually went DOWN when I passed the person. It's normally at 550 cruising at 65 mph. What caused this? It can't be normal. Thanks for any responce.
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Something weird happened...
I'm not sure...The reason a breeze feels cool on a summer day is because the air is blowing away sweat and it cools you off. The wind is at the exact same temperature as the air.
It seems that with more fuel and air you get more power which in turn also produces more heat. I really can't figure it out. Unless my guage just read wrong or something. It's mechanical and made by Banks so the quality is good. The cooling system couldn't jump on and cool the engine that much could it?
It seems that with more fuel and air you get more power which in turn also produces more heat. I really can't figure it out. Unless my guage just read wrong or something. It's mechanical and made by Banks so the quality is good. The cooling system couldn't jump on and cool the engine that much could it?
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Something weird happened...
Hey Ben,
What Nogo's talking about is when you stomp on the pedal, you send far more fuel and air through the engine than it can burn completely. That's why you see black smoke come out of the exhaust pipe when you're on the pedal hard. The fuel and air which has not been burned completely would be much cooler than the components of the exhaust which had undergone burning due to full compression/ignition of the engine. R.A.
What Nogo's talking about is when you stomp on the pedal, you send far more fuel and air through the engine than it can burn completely. That's why you see black smoke come out of the exhaust pipe when you're on the pedal hard. The fuel and air which has not been burned completely would be much cooler than the components of the exhaust which had undergone burning due to full compression/ignition of the engine. R.A.
