mcapinha

Active Member

• May 8, 2014

• #1

For those of you who have a diagnostics kit, what's the highest engine temperature that you've witnessed, in a diesel P38 ?

When doing long travels i usually plug in my nanocom in diagnostics mode. After finishing a 350km trip, the highest engine temperature that was recorded was 96ºC and this was after a very big hill on the highway, travelling around 110-120km/h.

Cheers

 

Datatek

Well-Known Member

• May 9, 2014

• #2

mcapinha said:

For those of you who have a diagnostics kit, what's the highest engine temperature that you've witnessed, in a diesel P38 ?

When doing long travels i usually plug in my nanocom in diagnostics mode. After finishing a 350km trip, the highest engine temperature that was recorded was 96ºC and this was after a very big hill on the highway, travelling around 110-120km/h.

Cheers

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Sounds about right IMO, others may disagree

 

wammers

No longer with us, RIP

Donater

• May 9, 2014

• #3

Datatek said:

Sounds about right IMO, others may disagree

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Depends on ambient i suppose, stat opens at 80c.

 

OXO

Well-Known Member

• May 9, 2014

• #4

When my radiator exploded at the top of the climb out of Dover, I'm sure it was over 100C

 

JohnnyCrash

New Member

• May 9, 2014

• #5

lets just say 100+ and leave it there hahahaha

 

wammers

No longer with us, RIP

Donater

• May 9, 2014

• #6

The rad cap should vent at 15 PSI and failsafe at 22 PSI to prevent system damage. In the late nineties BMW did a recall of all vehicles fitted with the same type of cap as the P38 because it was not venting and not failing safe and blowing hoses off.