Gents,
i had to take the Nav down the freeway to Sydney (from Newy) last week and the running temp seemed a little high.
What is your experience with highway driving? I was cruising on 105/110 which translated to pretty well bang on 3000rpm for most of the time and the needle crept up to the bad side of halfway. Generally i run on about 1/3 of the needle, so it was noticeable for me that it was higher than usual. the crawl up ourimbah hill saw it reach for the other side of 2/3 and had me a little concerned that it would keep going up but it seemed to be ok. Granted it was a hot day, but i was not pushing it hard, it was not over-revving (3k is high for a diesel i know) and the truck had no load in it apart from myself.
am i concerned over nothing here? i'll be the first to admit i may be slightly paranoid as my last 3 cars have had cooling problems and 2 have cracked heads under my tenure - wow, sounds like im brutal on my cars but i promise im not
anyway, let me know what you all think.
Cheers,
Tim
i had to take the Nav down the freeway to Sydney (from Newy) last week and the running temp seemed a little high.
What is your experience with highway driving? I was cruising on 105/110 which translated to pretty well bang on 3000rpm for most of the time and the needle crept up to the bad side of halfway. Generally i run on about 1/3 of the needle, so it was noticeable for me that it was higher than usual. the crawl up ourimbah hill saw it reach for the other side of 2/3 and had me a little concerned that it would keep going up but it seemed to be ok. Granted it was a hot day, but i was not pushing it hard, it was not over-revving (3k is high for a diesel i know) and the truck had no load in it apart from myself.
am i concerned over nothing here? i'll be the first to admit i may be slightly paranoid as my last 3 cars have had cooling problems and 2 have cracked heads under my tenure - wow, sounds like im brutal on my cars but i promise im not
anyway, let me know what you all think.
Cheers,
Tim