Noiseydiesel
Full Access Member
So I got the slide in 2007 9.5 foot Lance camper slid into the back end of the '94 idi turbo crewcab dually and took off for a camp site on the far side of the mountain.
Elevation about 4,000 foot. Ran the truck fairly hard for about an hour before the accent. Oops? She was already toasty before the accent. Temp gauge might have been on the "o" of "Normal". Got just about to the top and started losing power and pumping out the evil black smoke.
Got near the top water temp about 3/4 the way up to "ma" and just pulled off to the side, Shut off the engine, popped the hood, yep. Still looks like an engine. Got back in, fired it up and the light came on. Temp gauge still not pegged.
I ran the idle speed 1200-1500 RPM and let the water circulate about a long minute or so and the light went off. Shut it down and let it rest a short few minutes. Temp gauge still not *******. Been fighting a rough idle for awhile now so we decided it would be better to turn around and come home. Got down the road a bit, pulled up to a traffic light and had a loss of power, rough idle and the oil gauge starting fluctuating wildly.
Nursed it into a driveway, shut it down and let it rest for another 15 minutes.
Fired it off again and got down the road about 7 miles to a rest area and let it rest for 30 minutes while walking the dogs and taking in the scenery.
Drove it back home with no problems after that.
I was about to get a pyro kit from "Auto Meter" with the 2" gauge face to fit the pillar gauges post and wondering if there might be a better kit to use and the proper location of the exhaust bung for the probe.
I figure the screwy injectors messed up the engine temp, the engine temp effected the pump and I am thinking about adding an air dam under the truck from the bumper to the core support. Closing up the air flow that goes through the radiator to assist forcing it through the radiator and as long as I am playing, change the oil. I figure heating it up to that point didn't do any good.
Everything is under 3K miles. Engine, pump, turbo, trans, Alt, fan clutch. water pump....
Elevation about 4,000 foot. Ran the truck fairly hard for about an hour before the accent. Oops? She was already toasty before the accent. Temp gauge might have been on the "o" of "Normal". Got just about to the top and started losing power and pumping out the evil black smoke.
Got near the top water temp about 3/4 the way up to "ma" and just pulled off to the side, Shut off the engine, popped the hood, yep. Still looks like an engine. Got back in, fired it up and the light came on. Temp gauge still not pegged.
I ran the idle speed 1200-1500 RPM and let the water circulate about a long minute or so and the light went off. Shut it down and let it rest a short few minutes. Temp gauge still not *******. Been fighting a rough idle for awhile now so we decided it would be better to turn around and come home. Got down the road a bit, pulled up to a traffic light and had a loss of power, rough idle and the oil gauge starting fluctuating wildly.
Nursed it into a driveway, shut it down and let it rest for another 15 minutes.
Fired it off again and got down the road about 7 miles to a rest area and let it rest for 30 minutes while walking the dogs and taking in the scenery.
Drove it back home with no problems after that.
I was about to get a pyro kit from "Auto Meter" with the 2" gauge face to fit the pillar gauges post and wondering if there might be a better kit to use and the proper location of the exhaust bung for the probe.
I figure the screwy injectors messed up the engine temp, the engine temp effected the pump and I am thinking about adding an air dam under the truck from the bumper to the core support. Closing up the air flow that goes through the radiator to assist forcing it through the radiator and as long as I am playing, change the oil. I figure heating it up to that point didn't do any good.
Everything is under 3K miles. Engine, pump, turbo, trans, Alt, fan clutch. water pump....