Just thought we should have our private thread as well. Your all invited!:D

:lol: :muahaha::stirthepo

Well my truck runs cool as a cucumber with the AC on Jimmy Hoffa Freeze setting.....sitting in traffic...........with no airflow whatsoever.



Must be my STACK is properly sealed with CT SALT Corrosion.......................
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Ive never had mine over 200!
Yeah for me!

I just checked both trucks. Neither is overheating right now. I'll check them again in the morning.

I just checked both trucks. Neither is overheating right now. I'll check them again in the morning.

Thanks Pat, I just spit a perfectly good beer all over the keyboard.

:lol: ROTFLMAO.

209 is the max i have ever seen.
Pulling full GCVW on the hill and in the heat A/C on


in 95F weather, unladen AC off it stays at 190-192.

Non-Overheater here too!

I have never been over 210. It usually stays lower than that. Maybe because of the cooler temps here in AK.

Boy I feel special now too that I get to be in a special thread reserved for special guys like us.

Jus Joking :)

One of each, no overheating 35k on LLY, 60K on LB7. Thanks for the invitation.

Frank

I can get her up above 220.......in the summer .......with the A/C on.........while towing a full 300 bushel wagon........if I put my Cloud-Rider winter shield on.

never had mine move a tick over normal..

Luckily, when I was driving from georgia to alaska via the southern to arizona then straight up type route, I had read the diesel place.

I knew that if the fan kicks in, it sounds like a jet turbine.

Going up one grade, it kicked in. Sounded like a jet turbine. Only time the fan clutch has engaged yet on the truck from a high temperature... and gee, the temperature decreased when the fan came on! Must work :)

Don't know what these guys are doing wrong.

Man I was all nerous about er ovheatin all week so I watched the gauge like a strait guy in a gay bar:eek: every other second for 3 days and guess what???????
Still Not Overheating):h

Not here either but a big pass tow with summer temps this weekend, I'll be checking.

still waiting for mine to do it. never been over 198 at that was at 99mph with temps at 95* i cant even make the exhaust overheat ):h

took my plow for a 200 mile trip in 50 deg. temp and never got over 198.
mine will stay at 187 in 95deg temps.

No overheating here...nearly 36k miles now, and no looking back!

OOOOOOOOOHHHHHH... A thread that we can post in! ):h Don't get me wrong, what there doing is helping their issues out from what I can read.

My experiences:
LB7 - Never above 200, fan kicks on often
LLY - Never above 200, fan kicks just as often

Both have towed hard and fast in plenty hot weather...

my lb7 has not overheated (knock on wood) last weekend: temps 95-102, engine 210, ran A/C whole time; the girls like to crank the A/C and then instead of turning it warmer, put a blanket on ;). GCVW 21000. Grades up to 6%.

I'm not going to get my panties in a bunch over the exclusive thread. It isn't a survey, they're just trying to stay focused.

What, no rules?

The private thread thing seems awfully vein, no doubt. It's really not working out very well. Oh well.

About time there was some humor. Thanks.

nairy-a-problem!

What, no rules?

The private thread thing seems awfully vein, no doubt. It's really not working out very well. Oh well.

About time there was some humor. Thanks.

As long as we never lose the ability to laugh at ourselves, we will all be ok. :D

I have had mine up to 230+ climbing the mountains getting out of the Valley of the Sun (I call it Haides!) pulling heavy in Level 2 at the speed limit. Fan roaring like mad. Ambient temp in the 110+ range. Top of the ridge and temps drop like they are supposed to. OverHeating = Redline on guage. Never been there. Guess she operates like she's supposed to.

BTW, how many of us replace the DexCool at the suggested interval and who can say there was a temperature benefit?

"As long as we never lose the ability to laugh at ourselves, we will all be ok."

In other words, don't take a shower with the lights off... ):h

My temp gauge must be broken too...Never has been above 210....

I hit 220 via the attitude once. Outside temp was around 50 degrees and I was cruising about 95 and she was still slowly climbing so I slowed her down to 75 or so and the temp droped to 210(factory gauge stayed about at 210 the entire time) That was the only time......I guess thats what you get for seeing how fast you can run with your plow on before she starts to get hot

My gauge must be broken.:confused: never moves past 200 for either the tranny or motor. Lucky me:muahaha:

Mine stays cool as a cucumber!! Never ever seen over 210......

And yes, I feel special now....

L8r

Last spring, I had the full winter cover on (bumper and grille) when it reached 68 degrees (it got alot warmer than what they had forecast), and the temperature STILL didn't move off of where it regularly is. I don't think I could make my truck overheat if I tried.

190 is the highest mine has ever been... Not sure what I am doing wrong..Have to add more power and then go from there...

OK, checked both trucks again. Still no overheating.

I have not seen over 210 on the coolant or over 200 on the trans. That was pulling a boat, a lot of camping gear and 6 people in the pickup. Temps outside were 105 in the hills outside of lodi. Stopped to get ice and drinks so I let it let it idle with the a/c on. When we started down the road the fan came on for about 1 mi. and stopped. Must have done it's job. Have had 11,000 lbs. on her and no problems here.

She is stock other than 265's.

OK, checked both trucks again. Still no overheating.

I checked mine as well.... Nice and cool....):h

Since truck is parked in this......

I think the coolant temp is much below the overheat warning!!! :D

My 2003 never overheated.
I've driven anywhere from freezing weather to 130 degree weather.
maybe my gauges are broken because they only show normal.

Neither my 02 nor my current 05 have ever gotten over 210. Both have been driven in over 100 degrees pulling trailers over the Grapevine in CA. 02 was at 33,010 GCVW and still didn't over heat. 05 was pulling only about 10,000 lbs of trailer and never went over 210, tranny at about 170. Both of my trucks have had a Ruenel type (homemade, heavier) front bumper with winch on it which probably blocks some air flow.

I will be the first member of the Non Overheating Club.

NOC Member #1

:muahaha: My 02' is not running, and not running hot....:muahaha:

Oops, umm, when I pulled a skid loader and trailer fully loaded, drove over 3 hours over 70 - 75 mph, never has over heated...:HiHi:

But with all this heat, sitting in the garage, it looks like it may be getting warm.....:lol:

Now that's funny, I don't care who you are, well I hope that was funny:eek:

If you guys keep up this pace you will soon have more posts than the overheat threads. Better keep this on topic or they will move you to a different forum.

Went to Blythe this weekend for a little river trip. Went up the pass on the 10 at about 2:30. Temp outside was 118. Had the a/c on 4, had a 7,000pd trailer in tow and kept the speed at 55 the whole way up. Trans temp stayed on 200 and the engine hit 210 for about 5 seconds and the fan came on it it droped back to about 195. I love this truck.

If you guys keep up this pace you will soon have more posts than the overheat threads. Better keep this on topic or they will move you to a different forum.

Never know....:rolleyes: I feel a pissing match about to break out):h

Allright, who decided Trippin was intelligent enough to start this thread anyway??? ):h

Oooops i spoke too soon!

Never had a heat problem with mine either never seen it over 210 or even close to that if I remeber right.

Tripp,

I've tried and tried, but I just can't get it to overheat. The best I've been able to do is about 209°F. Maybe if I took the fan off, that might help.):h

Ooh! Ooh!, can we post about other things our trucks are not doing? Like, tranny's working, radio play's, or how about a perfectly good instrument cluster... ):h

I feel better now.

I can also call this thread home.:cool:

Ahhh I just got mine to warm up to normal. It took 11,000 lbs of equipment on the hook, at least I got to heat the water out of the tranny fluid.

hey about that cd player

03 Dmax with a 475 rwhp tune in pulling a enclosed tandem axle enclosed trailer fully loaded and have never seen past 210.

I got a flat tire today....... but the others are still good.

Thanks for the invite Trippin. I am proud to be a member of your open forum. Later! Frank

I got a flat tire today....... but the others are still good.

What temp did the tire reach.

Pulling a 7k pound TT in the rolling hills around San Antonio, Texas, traffic was stop and go and it was 105 outside. The A/C was at Max and the temp never moved.

MaxRock

I got a flat tire today....... but the others are still good.

What's the problem?

It's only flat on the bottom ):h

BTW this is off topic, going to have move this thread to the LLY board since I posted here ):h

Mine got overheated in the cab while I was at lunch today but I had the frozen groceries in the cooler so no harm done. :D The engine, never, not even going westbound I-70 over San Rafael Reef at 70 on cruise with my 4K camper on.

Mine has never been outta the normal range.

mine runs stone cold at high hp tunes, Now if only I can keep a turbo in from-:t

Tow about 3000#'s and the bed must have about another 1000#'s in it over most of the passes in Washington state outsiide temps up to 95 and no overheating.

Devil,

You're cracking me up.



What temp did the tire reach.

"As long as we never lose the ability to laugh at ourselves, we will all be ok."

In other words, don't take a shower with the lights off... ):h

My temp gauge must be broken too...Never has been above 210....



I don't worry about taking a shower in the dark; it's the soap I worry about dropping.:eek:

Read my post in "towing and trailering" "GA to MO to AZ to MO to GA"
I pulled a trailer in 115 heat never above 200

No worries here.....

25,000 miles and no issues. Hopefully it will stay that way.

never ever above 200.......

8700 miles 210 tops. I think not really sure I unplugged it):h :D

I don't worry about taking a shower in the dark; it's the soap I worry about dropping.:eek:

I take it you don't shower alone, Mike??? ):h

Got a LB7 and a LLY both run around 200 degree's.

Hey Mike who yo shower partner uh let me guess P.C. ?

What temp did the tire reach.


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lord help us.

Read my post in "towing and trailering" "GA to MO to AZ to MO to GA"
I pulled a trailer,... never above 200

a little fast for me, what was the temp at the speed limit?

Even today with 104 *F temps outside I didn't get over 200 with the AC on full blast. In fact never had any issues with this truck!:)

Mine only heats up in the drive-thru at In-n-Out burger...208* on Attitude:eek: ...Dammit! Driving and towing the temps are still OK!

Mine only gets Hot running when I Censored her the right way.I never try and over heat her :badidea:

Passing thru Atlanta yesterday the outside temp showed 102 moving at 70 mph. Then I got stuck in accident traffic and didn't move for 20 minutes--outside temp showed 110, engine below 200. Even towing I've never been over 205 but once for a half a minute.

I had to move a bunch of stuff out of a shed I was renting. Put plow on truck (big wind deflector) and bobcat on trailer (10,000#s). 90 degrees out and no over heating. Fan clutch kicked on a few times but it never got hot. 02 dmax:ro)

While pulling my boat I sometimes hit 220 on hills on Edge setting #2. I'm not sure if thats too hot or what. Usually goes back down to 195-200 after the hill.

With my plow on the other day, I got the fan to come on, but the needle never went over the 210 mark, actually it stayed on the low side. The fan tranny for the first time actually hit 190. I was doing 70-75 for about 50 miles straight.

The egt's get hot...
The steering wheel gets hot in the sun...
The door gets get hot where I want to put my arm...
The cab gets hot in the sun with the windows closed...
But the only thing that over heats is the driver on occasion...

2003 GMC LB7. Just out last Sunday 97 deg outside, pulling about 5000lbs up a canyon dirt road at about 8 mph, a/c full blast. The tranny actually got a little warmer than the engine did.

Never any problems here, guess we're the lucky ones

Never! :cool2:

No problems with overheating, and I tow a lot.

The egt's get hot...
The steering wheel gets hot in the sun...
The door gets get hot where I want to put my arm...
The cab gets hot in the sun with the windows closed...
But the only thing that over heats is the driver on occasion...

You forget the CD player:eek: Thats the only thing I fear melting down:rolleyes:

Add me to the non-overheaters. Brand new LLY - runs great. Towed the big horse trailer last weekend - no issues here.

jeff

My Trippin overhead mount gets hot.:D :D

My Trippin overhead mount gets hot.:D :D

He must not have stole the fuses out of yours :p: :lol:

He must not have stole the fuses out of yours :p: :lol:

Is that why it gets hot.:D Oh yeah the ambiant temp is 98-100 is that why it gets hot.

Thanks for the invite Trippin. I am proud to be a member of your open forum. Later! Frank

Frank,

Did I miss something?

I know that the LLY's were a little whinny that the LB7's were using big technical terms like, Boost and Fuel Injector Control Module, but I thought it was just a couple of the slow mouthy ones. ):h

Did they actually give us the boot out of their threads?

Heck, even the 6.5 guys let me post in their forums. They do think I'm a puss for having wires on my injectors though..):h

Never Mind Frank,

I went over and looked...

I should have known...... :rolleyes:

Cheerleading organizers make me puke. :rant:

I would go read some more but it would just Censored me off.

I'm sorry, If one doesn't have anything good to say, just don't say anything.

Hey Tripp,

We need to find some one who doesn't know D**K to organize this thread. It just going all over the place.

I guess I'll go down to the 6.5 guys and swat a couple of them hornets around. They like to play, and they're good at it too. ):h

Highest I've seen is 208 last week when hauling a trailor thru the hills of NH, maybe hit 200 when I was at Indy in that nasty heat.

Thanks for the invite Trippin. I am proud to be a member of your open forum. Later! Frank

I to want to be a part of this open forum. ;) You see I wasn't invited to post on that private overheating thread either. Dang that JJ! :mad:
JJ (oops) ):h

My Trippin overhead mount gets hot.:D :D

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I can't get mine to overheat with the cold front on............:cool:

Guess a match and some gasoline could fix a few problems............:eek:
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You forget the CD player:eek: Thats the only thing I fear melting down:rolleyes:

Here's one just for you, Judas Priest "Turbo lover"

We are going over the Grapevine and Big Blue is not over heating:D

Well my engine temp goes to 1 to 2 clicks under 210F everytime I drive it. Even when the temp outside has been 110F last couple of weeks. Now the tranny varies. In traffic, it gets about the same at the engine (1 click under 200F). All other times, its somewhere in between. Must be normal....right?

LATER!

Truck hit 205 for the first time coming home from Oregon on Thursday. 80 mph, a/c on full blast and unloaded........104 degrees on the mirror.........blew by a sign on top of the grade that read " Highest point on HWY 5".....after that it dropped back down to 190

35,800 miles with no over-heating problems. During the summer it stays 1 notch under 210. :ro)

My truck runs one or two notches under 210, I towed a loaded car hauler 750 miles at 80mph through mountany Pennsylvania mountains with no overheating or any problems to speak of...other than getting crappy mileage but i think thats my fault

My guages don't have clicks or notches, Ya'll must have a different guage cluster than me......:eek:

Mine only shows RCH's and it's just an RCH under 210...):h

My guages don't have clicks or notches, Ya'll must have a different guage cluster than me......:eek:

Mine only shows RCH's and it's just an RCH under 210...):h

mine is much finer grained than that ... I have GCH's on mine :p:

Jim