Trouble With Temp on RT

[gazunni]

The fans were NOT running when I shutdown and the temperature is at mid gauge where it always has been once the engine is at running temperature. Thanks for the tip.

Are the fans running when you stop? If so, you might try letting it idle for 30 seconds before you shut it off to take some of the heat out of it before you shut it down. Idling will cool a hot engine down quite a bit.

 

[Easy Rider]

What is 'heat soak'?

I think it's pretty much a non-issue with modern engines......if the components are working right.

2 cylinder John Deere tractors are the ONLY vehicles I've driven in 50 years or so that really exhibited that behavior.......and they were working VERY hard to make it happen.

The theory is that metal components near the cylinders are still hotter when turned off and the entire engine temperature goes up when that heat comes out. It just don't happen with a properly operating liquid cooled engine. Air cooled is a different story.