High Idle, Engine shut down timer, and coolant filter?
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High Idle, Engine shut down timer, and coolant filter?
Looking at the Dieselsite coolant filter, anyone know any good brands for a high idle mod and engine shut down timer? Going to do these mods before arp's and EGR delete.
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High idle mod is free. Just need to attach a wire to a toggle Or a upfitter switch if you have them. the only way I know for a shut down timmer is to install a remote start most of them have a shut down timmer. Or you could just go out and shut the truck off yourself. I would go with the diesel site coolant filter.
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Yes in the tech folder I will post a link
http://dan.prxy.org/Truck/Other/High..._idle_mod.html
here is the link from the tech folder. You should look at the tech folder at the top of this forum any ways there is lots of good info in there. Somthing everyone should do first thing. And check back in it often cause they do update it a lot.
http://dan.prxy.org/Truck/Other/High..._idle_mod.html
here is the link from the tech folder. You should look at the tech folder at the top of this forum any ways there is lots of good info in there. Somthing everyone should do first thing. And check back in it often cause they do update it a lot.
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Ill check it out, i found a link to a engine shut down timer, this doesnt time, it reads what temp the turbo is then shuts down.
ISSPRO Turbo Temp Monitor R4130 at DieselManor
ISSPRO Turbo Temp Monitor R4130 at DieselManor
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I don't have one, but a temp monitor is better than a timer. It makes sure the turbo is cool vs. shutting down in a specific amount of time and risking the turbo is not cool yet.
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turbo timer really is not needed. think about even towing a trailer there are very few places where you could come flying up to your parking spot and just shutoff. as an example parking at most peoples homes, you drive down a residential street at a reasonab le speed and pull into the driveway usually you're barely idling for the last couple minutes thats all the cooldown modern engines with modern oil need. think about all the caterpillar, cummins, and detroit engines installed in semis every year to my knowledge not a single one offers a shutdown timer as a standard item. in 20 plus years of driving semis for a living i have never even seen a shutdown timer. and semis are made to do nothing but pull heavy all day long everyday, the turbos just go and go and go. unless you were to pull heavy up a big hill and just shut straight down right at the top the very miniscule turbo life will never be regained over the price of the timer and the extra fuel. but hey if it make you feel like you're being nice to it its your money so do as you wish
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Not sure how many miles you have on your 6.0 but if you have more then around 15,000 to 20,000 miles on it, you are probably wasting you money on a coolant filter. The oil cooler has already started to or is clog and the EGR cooler is not far behind. I believe the guys who had the most success with coolant filters, installed them right after they bought their tucks. I installed mine at 56,000 miles and changed the filter at 65,000 miles. Little to no debris in the filter or in the bottom of the filter can. I replaced my EGR cooler at 75,000 when I installed the studs and rebuilt my oil cooler at 83,000. I changed the coolant filter again and nothing.
If you use synthetic oil, the cool down timer is also a waste of money. Synthetic oil eliminates turbo "coking" and injector "Stiction", two reasons you would need a cool down timer.
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If you use synthetic oil, the cool down timer is also a waste of money. Synthetic oil eliminates turbo "coking" and injector "Stiction", two reasons you would need a cool down timer.
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I still say that a coolant filter is a good peace of mind no matter when you put it on. I see what you are saying it may not stop the problem cause the cooler could already be pluged up, but it would still be a good idea to eliminate the sand you can. Some truck just simply don't have a sand problem. If you install the filter and end up replacing the cooler later at least it is that much less sand that can get in the next one. That's what it boils down to for me is peace of mind.
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I still say that a coolant filter is a good peace of mind no matter when you put it on. I see what you are saying it may not stop the problem cause the cooler could already be pluged up, but it would still be a good idea to eliminate the sand you can. Some truck just simply don't have a sand problem. If you install the filter and end up replacing the cooler later at least it is that much less sand that can get in the next one. That's what it boils down to for me is peace of mind.
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Truck has 93k miles, i run rotella t synthetic, i still give the truck at least a minute before i shut it off, my coolant filter got here today, so either tomorrow or saturday im installing it, along with coolant flush, transmission oil change, and fuel filter change, if anyone else can think of something else i should to maintenance wise, let me know.
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I hate to disagree, and no offense, but those aren't the only reasons--the main reason we use turbo timers is to avoid stopping oil circulation when your turbo is extremely hot. Not doing so can lead to bearing and other heat-related failures. Synthetic oil or not, it is good to allow your EGT's to drop to a safe level before interrupting the flow of oil. Do a search on this site, or any other diesel site--you might be surprised to find how a "seemingly insignificant" tow or drive can raise your EGT's and how long it can take before the temperatures drop to a safe level...
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