Fuel addition to heat engine??
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Fuel addition to heat engine??
We are using coolant heat exchangers to pre-heat wash water for pressure washers on trucks. During cold weather these cool the engine to the point that the thermostate never opens. The mechanic tells me that when the coolant drops to somewhere below 130* the on board computer adds fuel to warm up the engine. The engine is set to run at 1000 RPM while washing, to power the pump via PTO. My question is how does the computer add fuel without increasing RPM. These are International 366 engines. I claim he is mistaken. It does add fuel at an idle at lower temps, thus increasing RPM but at 1000 RPM I doubt that any additional fuel is added to warm the engine. Can anyone please weigh in on this discussion?
Thanks .... Ken Gardner
Thanks .... Ken Gardner
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We are using coolant heat exchangers to pre-heat wash water for pressure washers on trucks. During cold weather these cool the engine to the point that the thermostate never opens. The mechanic tells me that when the coolant drops to somewhere below 130* the on board computer adds fuel to warm up the engine. The engine is set to run at 1000 RPM while washing, to power the pump via PTO. My question is how does the computer add fuel without increasing RPM. These are International 366 engines. I claim he is mistaken. It does add fuel at an idle at lower temps, thus increasing RPM but at 1000 RPM I doubt that any additional fuel is added to warm the engine. Can anyone please weigh in on this discussion?
Thanks .... Ken Gardner
Thanks .... Ken Gardner
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PacBrake has a warm-up mode.
http://pacbrake.com/PDF/L5914.PDF
In cold weather, or on initial start up, engaging the Pacbrake at idle and up to 1000 RPM will reduce the required warm up time by half, reduce cold engine emissions and engine wear and tear. (Special wiring instructions are available for the Caterpillar 3126 engine, contact Pacbrake). NOTE: If your Pacbrake interfaces with an Allison Transmission you won’t be able to engage this warm-up feature on your brake.
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Right, that's why I suggested they look into adding them. If they need to keep coolant temp up, running the PTO with the exhaust brake engaged will do that quite nicely.
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Sorry WannaI see what you were trieing to say now. And I concure..It won't happen though. Fleet trucks, they don't care about the drivers...
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