Hours on my engine
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From: New Jerzey
Hours on my engine
I have 15,500 miles on my engine, my neighbor has the same truck and he just turn 17,000 miles. I have 698 hrs on my engine and he has 375 hours on his. He does alot of long distance commuting every day and I do an occational long trip with alot of around town and short trips. I was told when I first got the truck to let it warm up and cool down and I obviously let it idle longer than I should have. My question is will this hurt the longevity of the engine or just learn from my mistakes. These vehicles are way to expensive to be hurting so early into there lives.
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I assume we are talking about the 6.4 psd. You don't want it to idle alot for a few reasons, fuel mileage and diesel soot clogging up the DPF.
Mine has 11, 300 miles with about 280 hours on it.
idling for 2-3 mins on startup/shutdown is fine but no more than that. It just isn't necessary. What I do is slow down when pulling into the housing area where I live and then with slow parking in the driving way that gives me that time.
Mine has 11, 300 miles with about 280 hours on it.
idling for 2-3 mins on startup/shutdown is fine but no more than that. It just isn't necessary. What I do is slow down when pulling into the housing area where I live and then with slow parking in the driving way that gives me that time.
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If you have to idle for more than a couple minutes at a time than you may want to hook up the high idle control and use it. This will help prevent wet-stacking problems and DPF clogging.
Even then I would not let it idle as long as you have in the past. Thats a lot of hrs on your truck.
Even then I would not let it idle as long as you have in the past. Thats a lot of hrs on your truck.
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I agree with gwcon. Do the high idle mod. To some extent a diesel engine is designed to idle for long periods of time (ambulance, service truck, etc) but thats where the high idle mod comes in. Dont let it idle at 700 rpms for a long period of time.
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If I did the math right your average Mph is 22.2. A low average Mph could mean allot of idle time. I agree with the others do the high idle mod it works great. People look at me weird when I get out and it is in high idle but they don't understand.
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Do not warm up the truck but letting it sit after start up. You need to drive it in a restrained manner so all the components (tranny etc) are given chance to warm up.
As regards cool down, just do as senix says and make sure the turbos aren't spooled up just before you turn it off (ie. don't run it hard immediately prior to turning it off), but this can be done in c.30secs.
As regards cool down, just do as senix says and make sure the turbos aren't spooled up just before you turn it off (ie. don't run it hard immediately prior to turning it off), but this can be done in c.30secs.
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When in the north, I plug mine in. The long idle times are after high rpm's on the turbos. Without a load, I agree with the above. Minimum warm up, minimum shut down. Less than 5 minutes to me. I have 10,500 miles with 250 hours as of right now. I plan on changing the oil for the second time this week. BOT an oil filter, from FORD today, for $29.00 called a 3C3Z 6731 AA; $31.03 with tax. That is heavy. My truck has never been inside a stealership since delivery new, almost 13 months ago.
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What about warm up time in colder weather? Im in Minnesota I do park in the garage most of the time and have not plugged it in yet. But what if it sat overnight in 0 degree weather without plugging in? I have the 08 6.4 with 51,000 miles. Thank you
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WOW!!! That is just so far from what I'm used to doing. I got the truck used and came with remote start which I guess I'm using way to much. And letting it idle way to long. I've been pulling it out of the garage and letting it idle for 15 minutes or so befor I go.
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kingofclubs,
If you want to let it warm more than senix does then just hook up the high idle control. It will just burn more fuel but won't hurt your engine as long as you are at 1200 rpms. I still wouldn't let it idle for 15 minutes but maybe half that.
If you want to let it warm more than senix does then just hook up the high idle control. It will just burn more fuel but won't hurt your engine as long as you are at 1200 rpms. I still wouldn't let it idle for 15 minutes but maybe half that.
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I have allot of catching up to do and reading more up on this. What is the high idle control? I will without a doubt change my warm up times, my shut down is pretty normal, if I'm pulling a heavy load I let it cool down for no more than 5 minutes. And when I can, I will drive slow in to start the cool down.
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Kingofclubs,
Basically it is the capability of the truck to idle at a higher rpm than the stock 900rpms in order to accomodate the demands of extra equipment or electrical demands. There is a great thread on the high idle in the forum right now. It is very easy to do. If you can't find it let me know and I will try to help you.
The biggest concern on cool down is to let the turbos cool down so if you drive slowly into your neighborhood and take the demand off your engine prior to shutting the engine down then you are good.
Basically it is the capability of the truck to idle at a higher rpm than the stock 900rpms in order to accomodate the demands of extra equipment or electrical demands. There is a great thread on the high idle in the forum right now. It is very easy to do. If you can't find it let me know and I will try to help you.
The biggest concern on cool down is to let the turbos cool down so if you drive slowly into your neighborhood and take the demand off your engine prior to shutting the engine down then you are good.