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There is an arctic grill cover as well..... never seen one.
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At those temps, Over the grill or a smaller panel slid up just in front of the intercooler. You will want something you can “tune”, like the snapped on covers with zippered panels you see on semi trucks in winter. Ideally you want to limit air cooling capacity to the point where the thermostat can regulate the temperature near 200F with a steady flow thru the radiator.Great information, THANKS! The OEM cover appears to only cover about half of the radiator and just a small section of the air cooler.
I see temperature down to -35 - -40 periodically. At these temperatures should I also use a cover over the grill?
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The factory style condenser mounts under the skid plate and shouldn't preclude the use of the cold weather radiator/intercooler coverSo, what happens with those people that have an air conditioner condenser up front?
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I bought one of those this morning.Five just showed up on EBay….. well, Four just showed up on eBay for a price with shipping that didn’t make messing around with cardboard worth the time. FYI.
Understood, I’ve used cardboard in the past on various vehicles. It works great, I was excited to see the OE solution so inexpensive. Hopefully there is a few tricks up my sleeve somewhere to make it easier on the install.I bought one of those this morning.
The cost was never my concern, but rather the amount of effort to instal and remove the thing, which others report is not trivial. I hoped the cardboard idea would be easy on and off.
could this not be controlled by an additional conventional automotive thermostat?There of course is also a plumbing option. You put a T in the upper radiator pipe and a pipe section across and down to a 3way bypass valve in the lower radiator line.
The valve would control the percentage of water allowed to pass thru the radiator/forced to bypass the radiator...
could it be the CAT 3116 was designed; as used in the A0, to be more sacrificial over the Allison tranny? So getting the Allison warm was a higher priority for its longevity compared to getting the 3116 warm? And if so.... is that sacrificial maybe something to consider reserving?There of course is also a plumbing option. You put a T in the upper radiator pipe and a pipe section across and down to a 3way bypass valve in the lower radiator line.
The valve would control the percentage of water allowed to pass thru the radiator/forced to bypass the radiator...
I highly doubt that, and I don’t think it was done to warm the trans. A diesel at idle doesn’t put all that much heat into the cooling system. That is one of the reasons it is difficult to get an engine to warm just by itself. If heating a transmission is your goal, there are far more effective ways to do that.could it be the CAT 3116 was designed; as used in the A0, to be more sacrificial over the Allison tranny? So getting the Allison warm was a higher priority for its longevity compared to getting the 3116 warm? And if so.... is that sacrificial maybe something to consider reserving?
Does using actual transmission fluid instead of engine oil in the trans negate a little bit needing to get the trans up to temp as quick comparatively speaking?
muchly appreciate your input on my query.I highly doubt that, and I don’t think it was done to warm the trans. ....
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