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I wanted to post up for opinions on a recent trip to the mountains and my temps in my my supercharged 1996 fzj80. AC on full blast the whole time.
ambient temp was around 95-100 degrees outside. Elevation of about 4500 and during the drive up the mountain at speed my truck was staying very cool, about 194-200 degrees. But once we pulled into the campground and were looking for our spot I was surprised when I looked down and saw that the engine temp spiked to 220. In order not to have the ac cutoff I quickly turned off the AC and blasted the heat. We were headed back on the roadway and within 2 to 3 minutes of travelling about 35 mph the temps went way back down and I was able to turn the AC back on and temps went back to 194.
So, at speed the cooling system is working great but curious if a spike like that is normal or not? I am running the landtank blue fan clutch with a 3fe fan.
I have plans to add some hood vents as well as an aux fan in the near future.
appreciate any opinions and how to mitigate issues. I would like to keep temps cool when rockcrawling etc as well. I guess time will tell if I have problems.
Noah
ambient temp was around 95-100 degrees outside. Elevation of about 4500 and during the drive up the mountain at speed my truck was staying very cool, about 194-200 degrees. But once we pulled into the campground and were looking for our spot I was surprised when I looked down and saw that the engine temp spiked to 220. In order not to have the ac cutoff I quickly turned off the AC and blasted the heat. We were headed back on the roadway and within 2 to 3 minutes of travelling about 35 mph the temps went way back down and I was able to turn the AC back on and temps went back to 194.
So, at speed the cooling system is working great but curious if a spike like that is normal or not? I am running the landtank blue fan clutch with a 3fe fan.
I have plans to add some hood vents as well as an aux fan in the near future.
appreciate any opinions and how to mitigate issues. I would like to keep temps cool when rockcrawling etc as well. I guess time will tell if I have problems.
Noah