Factory guages suck...

[poolguy]

Thanks guys, once again you guys were right! The factory temp guage that was indicating that the engine was on the brink of overheating was way off! It went to the "A" in "normal" in about 5 miles at 55 mph and I was afraid to try to move a piece of equip. to a job 100 miles away.
I put in a temp guage, and "T"'d in the fact guage so I could compare. The fact guage at the "N" is at 190 deg., and at the "A" is 210 deg.
So we pulled the backhoe to Charleston (132 miles) and never got over 210 deg. !!!!!!!!
Thanks again, I probobly would havw paid a private hauler if I had'nt installed that new guage.

Chuck

 

[zigg]

Thanks guys, once again you guys were right! ........"T"'d in the fact guage so I could compare. The fact guage at the "N" is at 190 deg., and at the "A" is 210 deg.
So we pulled the backhoe to Charleston (132 miles) and never got over 210 deg. !!!!!!!!

Chuck

Yup, that just shows ya. My fan clutch comes on at about 220, and I've only heard it once, I was in second on the floor for about 20 minutes, pulling my 6500lb TT up a 20miles 6% grade, and once the fan came on, it pulled the temp back down in just a minute. You got lots 'a room yet....

Zigg

 

[icanfixall]

Its really interesting to be pulling a grade with a load on and watching the dash gage and my Isspro mechanical gage climb till the MS Tech fan clutch starts roaring. Then the coolant temp starts dropping as I'm still pulling hard up the grade. Ya just gotta love that fan clutch and the custom 5 row radiator.......