What's a safe temp?

[sik 07]

I pulled my 7500 lb travel trailer with a 12 ft utility trailer with a yamaha rhino up a 8% grade for about 2 miles this weekend and saw the temp get to about 220 degrees. Is that a safe range to be in while pulling? The temp went down after about a 1 or 2.

 

[catman3126]

That's started to get a little warm, what gear were you towing in?

 

[Chevy1925]

220 on what? stock gauge? edge box of some sort? different gauge? fill out your sig so we can see what we are workin with

 

[chevyburnout1]

220°F sounds extremely normal to me

 

[whitetrash21]

I pulled my 7500 lb travel trailer with a 12 ft utility trailer with a yamaha rhino up a 8% grade for about 2 miles this weekend and saw the temp get to about 220 degrees. Is that a safe range to be in while pulling? The temp went down after about a 1 or 2.

220 on what? stock gauge? edge box of some sort? different gauge? fill out your sig so we can see what we are workin with

x2. 220* on the dash gauge is actually reading 230-235* on the CTS moniter. That's a bit warm.


Whats all done to the truck???

 

[sik 07]

I have a h&s xrt tuner with stock gauges and a 4 inch mbrp exhaust. I usually tow on 5th gear using the manumatic and the tow switch on. I have the tuner set on the stock level right now.

 

[whisler]

I was headed up I-40 west to knoxville 8% grade this past weekend had edge cts on level 2 with 31' camper temp got up to 222* also wondered what was really the "safe" mark for the lmm on engine temp