Going to get coach

[Rob Robinson]

Don you're right. You and several other, myself included, have analog oil temp guages that read high. I've checked the engine oil pan with an IR gun and get consistent 180s F temps even after pulling a long hill yet the guage will be somewhere above 230F. Guage goes from 230F to 320F in the last quarter of it's scale making it pretty hard to judge what the temp is. Makes me think that the sending unit (aka sensor) in these things may have degraded over the years and is sending a false reading. Or maybe the guage itself is faulty......who knows. There's just too many of us getting high readings for me not to suspect a fault rather than a genuine overheating condition.

2008/10/19 Don Bradner <"bluethunder@arcatapet.com">

Correct - the DDECII does not output engine oil temp, or it would be simple to rig an alarm with VMSPC when it reached some temp.

I do have an analog oil temp gauge, but it runs pretty high all of the time - I'm not sure I would notice unless it *really* went high!


On 10/19/2008 at 7:30 PM ronmarabito2002 wrote:

>Only thing I can think of is for the safety sensors to shut it down
>first. Since the coolant temp did not rise, that sensor didn't do
>anything. It needs an oil temp sensor, but this model didn't have

>one. I'm planning to get a hold of Detroit to find out if one can be
>added. But I think it has to do with the DDEC II
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>R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, TX 92WB40
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>> Ron, Is there anything that can be done to the engine to keep this from
>> happening again?
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>> Dan, 8v92, Jackson, ms
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>> Hi to all of you. I paid the bill in Calgary yesterday via direct
>> wire transfer. The good news is: the exchange rate saved me about
>> $4,000 dollars, so all is not bad.

>>
>> I will fly to Calgary in the morning to pick up the coach. I will
>> have to button up the bedroom, since they wanted to charge me over
>> $600 labor to do that. I won't leave Calgary until Tuesday morning.

>> Plan to stop see a friend in Lewistown, MT hopefully the first night
>> out. Depends on how I have to run with the re-built engine. I will
>> take a route back home avoiding as much mountain driving as possible.

>>
>> Once back in the US and further south, I should be able to get back
>> on line using my dish and I can give a report on how the engine is
>> performing.
>>
>> Dick: Sorry to hear about you tranny problems. Hope they are minor.

>>
>> R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, TX 92WB40
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