Can you clean the radiator on a Freightliner?
Can you clean the radiator on a Freightliner?
Actually with a Freightliner chassis, you have SANDWICHED cooling system. The CAC (Charge Air Cooler) is in front of the radiator and is where the vast majority of the dirt and debris is deposited. Yes, you can clean it yourself. Access the top of the motor/fan shroud area– from bedroom or closet.
What causes a diesel engine liner to overheat?
Over thousands of hours of operation, upon combustion, the liner beings to vibrate violently within the engine block injecting air back into the cooling system. These tiny bubbles can then do damage to the liner in the form of pitting (cavitation) and eventually eat away the liner all the way to the cylinder bore.
What causes rear radiator diesel engine to overheat?
Welcome to the FMCA Forum. As you already posted, the first “suspect” with a rear radiator diesel is a plugged CAC/radiator. Note: CAC= Charge Air Cooler= After-cooler= Inter-cooler– all names for the same piece of equipment that takes hot intake air from the turbo and cools it down on its way to the engine.
How to clean the pusher radiator in an RV?
Closed the engine cover, cranked the engine, opened the engine cover and sprayed about another 2 qts of soap in the fan be careful with the wand– don’t get it in the fan, I dont think this would need to be done every time), closed the engine hatch and run the engine up to about 1500 a couple times to get the soap thru the CAC & radiator.
What kind of radiator does a Freightliner have?
My 2001 Tradewinds has the Freightliner Chassis with a 3126 CAT and was on a Service Bulletin for a short oil blow by tube that clogged the rear radiator. FL in Salt Lake City pulled the radiator and everything else off and cleaned it almost good enough to eat on.
How long does it take to clean a Freightliner radiator?
Freightliner estimates 7 hours for a diesel shop to remove and clean the intercooler and radiator, 2 hours to steam clean in-place. I had mine steam cleaned by my local diesel shop a while back, but took Brett’s advice from this forum and used Dawn degreasing dish detergent and water a couple of weeks ago.
Is it bad to have an overheated radiator in an RV?
Nothing is worse than having to pull over to the side of the road with an engine block that’s smoking and overheated. Keep your engine running smoothly and within normal temperature ranges with one of our RV radiators or our replacement RV radiator parts.
Closed the engine cover, cranked the engine, opened the engine cover and sprayed about another 2 qts of soap in the fan be careful with the wand– don’t get it in the fan, I dont think this would need to be done every time), closed the engine hatch and run the engine up to about 1500 a couple times to get the soap thru the CAC & radiator.
