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fast idle when towing

03-20-2010, 01:10 AM

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ichoplin

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fast idle when towing

I noticed a curious high idle while towing my 34' fifth wheel home from Georgia. When I would come to a stop, my truck would idle at 1000rpm. Seems like it would return to normal after a few stoplights. I let it idle at that rpm for several minutes at one rest stop and it didn't go down on its own.
The temp gauge ran at the second zero on the 200 for most of the trip. Could this be a measure to try to keep the fan spinning?
Speaking of my temp gauge, how much fluctuation is normal when the truck is pulling a load? My gauge never went below 200 and danced around the upper hash mark just before 245 several times. I didn't notice the gauge acting this way the last time I pulled.
Thanks,
Ian

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