That's what I was trying to do when I originally replaced the thermostat. I had read (and was told on here) that the computer would run things rich to try to heat the truck up. I'm not going to mess things up now that it's getting decent mileage. That rad must be way oversized for that engine because no matter how hard it is ran it won't go above 160 with the rad uncovered. I would run it harder but during normal use there's no need of it and when pulling a trailer the dang trans don't like being run hard. I actually had some cardboard in there with a 6000 lb trailer on behind and the temp still wouldn't go much over 160 running things as hard as the trans would allow. As soon as you run it too hard, every time you come out of lock up it slips real bad. Did I mention I hate automatics when pulling stuff? If i had it my way I would run it like a tractor (hard) but I can't. There is actually a good chance that the temp guage is out. I assume the truck is an american truck because of the gas tank and the fact that the odo. and trip are in miles. The speedo is way out. it's accurate at 0 and when is says 100km/h it is actually going about 87-88 km/h. 60 km/h on the dash is actually 50 km/h. When compared to an accurate gps. But if the temp did go up, then assuming the gauge is working(which it is) then it should show some sort of difference, even if not accurate. When i figured mileage i filled the tank right up and reset the trip. Drove 181.1 miles(trip is accurate) and put 11 gallons gas in. Works out to 16.5 m/cdn.g. Did it again and this time ran 88.6 miles and put in 5.1 gallons which is 17.4 m/cdn.g.
This post was edited by farmer boy at 07:44:29 08/28/10.
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