07-19-2015, 08:18 PM
hi todd,
a couple of things. the analog temp guages have been know to at best be hard to read (they are not linear) and i think you would be hard pressed to tell temps in between the lines within 5 degrees even if they were accurate.
what did your digigauge say for engine coolant temp? you only mentioned oil temp for it.
they are also not always accurate. on my 90, the temps on vmspc were what i went by and not the dash gauge.
i had a friend tell me his non ddec hardly ever got above 190 even pulling steep grades. that seems unlikely to me.
someone who has one of your vintage will need to weigh in. i believe there is a yellow and red warning lights on your dash. yellow means watchout, your temps are getting too high and red means stop now....and at least on the ddec engines, it will shut your engine off in less than a minute. (there is an overirde switch so you can get off the road)
i am not familiar with the digipanel, but they claim it is accurate within a degree.
i always panicked if my 8v92 got much over 200. i believe at 205 you get the yellow light and somewhere between that and 210 you get the red shutdown light.
running straight and level, 175 sounds low as well unless it is really cold outside. i think you probably have a 180 degree thermostat (is that right guys?)
tom
a couple of things. the analog temp guages have been know to at best be hard to read (they are not linear) and i think you would be hard pressed to tell temps in between the lines within 5 degrees even if they were accurate.
what did your digigauge say for engine coolant temp? you only mentioned oil temp for it.
they are also not always accurate. on my 90, the temps on vmspc were what i went by and not the dash gauge.
i had a friend tell me his non ddec hardly ever got above 190 even pulling steep grades. that seems unlikely to me.
someone who has one of your vintage will need to weigh in. i believe there is a yellow and red warning lights on your dash. yellow means watchout, your temps are getting too high and red means stop now....and at least on the ddec engines, it will shut your engine off in less than a minute. (there is an overirde switch so you can get off the road)
i am not familiar with the digipanel, but they claim it is accurate within a degree.
i always panicked if my 8v92 got much over 200. i believe at 205 you get the yellow light and somewhere between that and 210 you get the red shutdown light.
running straight and level, 175 sounds low as well unless it is really cold outside. i think you probably have a 180 degree thermostat (is that right guys?)
tom
2002 45'8" Newell Coach 608 Series 60 DDEC4/Allison World 6 Speed HD4000MH