Turning up fuel screw

[IDIBOBS]

EGT questions

Drove my truck into work today after finally getting it mostly sorted out. I have no load, bed empty cab empty. Going up slight inclines maintaining 65mph my egts creep up to 900f and sit there until I get back on flat ground, then drops to 500 ish. How in the heck am I gonna manage egt's...

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Slowing down helps dramatically.

 

[IDIBOBS]

I probably should stay out of this one but after 50 years of turning wrenches off and on and being around farmers for many of those years and farming myself for over twenty years I have heard many say I want a few more ponies. Usually the most successful at getting those results went out and bought the tractor or truck rated for the HP that they wanted. The ones who turned up the screw usually ended up needing repairs sooner than later.

On 40 year old engines that parts are getting harder to find I personally would try and get as much life out of things as I could. I also have a 94 factory turbo and most of the time I pull a trailer with 150 gallons of red diesel to my fields to fuel tractor or combine. Truck does fine and certainly has more power than the 300K mile 300 6 that it replaced. If I thought I needed more power yet I would find a power stroke but that is just me. And yes back in the day when these trucks were new and I worked in a truck shop I turned up many a screw because that is what the customer wanted.

I totally agree. ive learned the same after being a mechanic for 35 years. Drive the truck the way it was designed. A turbo and a small turn of fuel to match the turbo. That’s about it. Drive slow and tow slower. Need more power get a bigger truck.

 

[DirtyWood]

You suggest I put the probe in

The aliens always do...