Finally... Got my TDI

[slowmover]

I always figure it's a reasonable 10k miles on any vehicle, new or used, before all seasons and conditions have been met and made automatic in practice.

Nice start!

[usergone]

Thanks! I guess this means that I came out of the qualifier round of the baseline kicking... and spooling. It should only go up from here (I hope). We are, after all, after the equinox

[slowmover]

An article you might like.

[usergone]

First aero mods today... Grill block!

Pretty simple, theses are just pieces of coroplast cut to the right shape and zip tied on. For the ones on the bumper, I made a little hook with bailing wire, hooked that around the lip and taped the other side.

Before:


After:

[usergone]

Today I did some highway driving and it never seemed to have any troubles keeping its temperature in check, no higher than usual actually.

I just got through putting on some "wheel well gap skirts" and an initial 50 MPH drive felt promising. I have a road trip ahead so I'll see what numbers come out.

[slowmover]

I thought of blocking ONLY the upper grille inlets on mine. I'd at least leave the lower ones open even with closing the uppers and bumper inlets.

Just some FYI:

Came across some info (needs verification) that CUMMINS maintenance shows 60F a minimum ideal air inlet temperature.

On big trucks we used winter fronts, but were adjured to NEVER block fan airflow (about a 12" diameter circle ahead of that device).

Let us know how readings go, in town versus steady-state highway, loaded and unloaded.