Im going to give this a shot. Thank you
Just cut a piece out of the inner fender, from the front to the shock. This is a PIC of my JKR. But I also did this to our JLR. The engines cooling fan doesn’t have to work as hard, plus it move additional CFM through the Radiator.
1. Keep your trans oil cooler, A/C Condenser, and radiator flushed out externally.
Do you have a Tazer? I utilize “cool down mode” on long drives on hot days to keep temps in the high 190s low 200s and if pushing up grade or higher speeds it will run up to 230 or so. Just having the cooling system running full tilt in anticipation helps when the motor sees load.
I do, that's a really good thought! I know there were some issues with that on the diesel..assume it's working now?
Ooh, not sure there. DYOR on that, I’m running the 3.6, 37s and too much gear ? but it works. Just got home from a 3,500 mile trip out to Utah, and it saved us more than a couple times
Speaking Apple to Apples this is the 3.0 diesel forum. Comparing anything else misconstrues this entire thread. Just saying....
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Didn’t realize I was overstepping, it engages the cooling system by lying to the ecu about trans temps, I would assume it would work across platforms, but, if it doesn’t what have you lost? A button press, with a shot in my book.
The naturally aspirated 3.6 does not have a turbo all the other ones you've mentioned do. Turbos across the board generate a significant amount of heat adding to the engine bay temperatures. When walking through a parking lot here the desert the M6 with its twin turbo tucked into that small engine bay its quite common to hear the electric fan running for 10 plus minutes sometimes longer after the owner has shut down the car. The EcoDiesel to my knowledge has not had any high temp problems in the 1500 Ram engine bay. BTW the air box in the 1500 Ram is twice the size of the one in the Wrangler on the 3.0 in my opinion the lack of engine bay space for cooling is the problem. The European Wrangler with the 3.0 which has been around longer than the US version comes standard with a hood vent. I don't believe that was placed on the Diesels for aesthetic reasons but more for functional.
Same temperatures here in Palm Springs, same results. As long as I stay off the freeway and interstates. The auxiliary fan consistently runs on high on my runs and drives around town. It's my belief this is what keeps that engine bay and block from getting hot resulting in the cooler operating temperatures. The minute I go on to the interstate that all changes. I'm not overheating but I'm definitely running higher temperatures. Much higher. From past posts I'm hearing similar stories. Anything other than slow and go including, wheeling stop and go traffic seems to trigger the higher temperatures. I have my new aluminum radiator and aluminum trans cooler still in the box hope to be installing it soon to see if I could improve upon this. I will keep everyone posted.
