Morning engine warmup??

[marek4792]

(10-09-2017 )kryten Wrote:  

(10-09-2017 )Hammerhead Wrote:  I just cringe when I see some company goober fire it up, build air, stuff 'er in gear, and pull out like she's at 180*

I had an opposite experience a couple of weeks ago. I had pulled over at the top of a short but steep hill east of Prince George. Hill was just under a mile long but about 1/2 of it is 8% and I was heavy. Did a cool down until my manifold was down to 300 degrees (about 6 or 7 minutes) and just sat there doing nothing for a bit. Along comes a car carrier and stops behind me with a full load of cars. Before i completed thinking the sentence "I wonder how long he'll cool down" he had switched off. I always find it amazing how much more abuse a company truck can take over an O/O truck.

On the Mass Pike going west of Springfield there's a 6 mile uphill grade and on top of that is a service plaza which I decided I needed fuel here, barely get out of the truck and the attendant is screaming "turn your truck off" I'm thinking she's out of her friggin mind.. I told her unless you're buying me a new motor I'm not shutting it off until it cools down because pulling 77k up the hill @55 you bet this thing is hot hot hot! Once it did drop back down, I did shut it down I'm not gonna jump through legal hoops if the motor cooks itself. Not if I don't have too!