Re: Stuck in the desert - sudden power loss
I asked Dr. A about engine temps the other day. Told him that on long mountain grades I watched my ScanGauge climb to 230 and then steady out at 235 regularly. He said that's nothing to worry about.
06 Winnebago View, 05 Sprinter 3500
I’ll respectfully disagree with the Dr.. At least the ‘regularly’ part. Occasionally, as in a dozen times per year, sure.... At least this is what I found following my piston failure when I did a ton of research and noticed corollaries between over heating (but not into the red).
In the west where temps regularly go into the 100s in the summer months you can watch threads on the forum start to pop up where failures related to overheating such as piston failure occur. Sure there is debate as to whether the piston failure is due to over heating compared to something like a stuck open injector, but one thing I’ve noticed is more often these piston failures are happening for folks out west.....
and in the summer months
And from what I’ve seen they aren’t pushing into the red.. they are just regularly operating around 225 for hours on end in the heat.
I took a deep dive into the cooling pack and replaced my viscous fan clutch, serp belt, different pullys, belt tensioner, etc and on a hot day I’d have troubles pushing above the 215 line...
Just my
from going through a catastrophic engine failure and feeling like I fixed the root issue (the related injector in cylinder #5 tested fine).