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kokanee
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 Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 8:22 am Post subject: Head temps |
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| I took my bus out on a long trip and the head temp in the hills was about 350 is this to hot the oil temp was 200 to 220 just not sure if that's ok or to hot |
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cmonSTART
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| Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 9:04 am Post subject: Re: Head temps |
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Sounds very normal for my bus. What do you have, and what are you measuring the temps with?
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kokanee
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| Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 10:04 am Post subject: Re: Head temps |
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| It's a 74 camper with a 2 liter 1800 heads scat c20 cam weber 40s I have gauges for head and oil temp I just wanted to make sure I wasn't running it to hard |
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kokanee
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| Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:29 am Post subject: Re: Head temps |
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| The question wasn't about the gauge it was about the temp |
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tootype2crazy
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| Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 12:08 pm Post subject: Re: Head temps |
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Normal running temp for a type 4 are:
Idle on a hot summer day 210F
Cruising " " 250-350
Pulling up a long hill in 4th gear at 70mph might get just near 400
Anything over 400 is considered the danger zone, and 400 for prolonged periods is bad, it should cool back down when the hill is over.
220f for oil is the ideal temperature for oil to do it's thing. Most oil's weight rating is with the oil at 220.
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kokanee
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| Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 2:36 pm Post subject: Re: Head temps |
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| Ok thank you ^^^ |
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Bleyseng
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| Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 11:54 am Post subject: Re: Head temps |
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Over 430F is the danger zone......260F for oil
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kokanee
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| Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 6:49 pm Post subject: Re: Head temps |
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| Thanks for the reply it has never got that hot so I guess I'm good about 360 was the hottest head temp and 250 on the oil |
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airschooled
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| Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 8:19 pm Post subject: Re: Head temps |
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| tootype2crazy wrote: |
Normal running temp for a type 4 are:
Idle on a hot summer day 210F |
HOW? I puttered around town in second and third gear today until I hit 320°, and couldn't get the idle below 280° at the beach after several minutes of sitting there. It was 80° out…
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We should clarify that a car with an SVDA will show vastly different idle temps than a DVDA car. The retarded idle timing will keep the exhaust and combustion chambers hotter at idle. Once on the gas though, you'll actually see the temps drop a bit as you accelerate through the gears until you reach a steady state.
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