Winter Front
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Originally Posted by Charlie8301
The only problem I've found is that the temp reading in the overhead display is way off
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Should I be running one ...
Hi guys
I'm the guy who still has my 01 powerstroke , But loves my new Dodge toy ...LOL ... I'm waiting for my title to come back from the bank before I deside what I do with this ford truck .
I never had to cover the grill on the ford ... but my ford has this warm up valve ... it's supose to come on when it's cold out... the <edit> thing comes on when if 90degree's out ...LOL
So how well dose the block heaters work ... I have yet to plug it in and see if it works yet ... should I get one of those winter covers ...?
Thanks
Greg
I'm the guy who still has my 01 powerstroke , But loves my new Dodge toy ...LOL ... I'm waiting for my title to come back from the bank before I deside what I do with this ford truck .
I never had to cover the grill on the ford ... but my ford has this warm up valve ... it's supose to come on when it's cold out... the <edit> thing comes on when if 90degree's out ...LOL
So how well dose the block heaters work ... I have yet to plug it in and see if it works yet ... should I get one of those winter covers ...?
Thanks
Greg
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Putting winter front on will warm up engine faster, and keep near operating temp better. This will give you better cab heat, burn off oxidants in oil, and less exhaust smoke. You can check block heater by plugging it in, and listen by front wheel for noise from heating element, or with DVmeter.
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I had to put the cold weather front on mine in order to keep the engine temp up high enough to heat my cab while creaping along in rush hour traffic. Kept freezing my toes off in the sub-zero weather. Still can't figure out why they call it "rush hour" when nothing is moving... kind of like why we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway...
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I got the lund cold fronts on my 01.5 sport and i have had zero problems with over heating before i could not keep it at 190 only if i stayed on it it would drop down to 185 after the cold fronts were on it warms up nice and fast and stays at 190 perfect. I tow heavy and often with my cold fronts on never a lick of problem. the only problem i had was mine being a sport its like tryin to put a round peg in a square whole not a whole lot of options for a sport but as luck would have it my dealer ship just had one left in stock for a sport and i got them talked down from 65 bucks to 55 bucks
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I have the cardboard in mine. It runs about 180 all the time and warms up much faster. I have it in front of the intercooler. I did cut a little out about 1/2 around the oil cooler as it seemed that the oil pressure acted like it was pretty warm. In fact the cooler was. This helped a lot. It still gets warm but not like before. guess I need to accurately test the temp. Other wise we have a couple hundred boxes at work that just fit. haha cut a 6 inch hole and you are done. I carry a spare inthe back seat. I can use it to crawl around in the dirt too. if need be.
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Originally Posted by Shovelhead
Just slip a piece of cardboard between the Charge Air Cooler and the Radiator.
So I've got me some aluminum and I'm going to cut me out some inserts to put in my grille to block the cold winter air... New Meadows ID in the morning is about 0* to 20*F above lately. Sure brings down the EGT's...