Is this why my bus is a basset...not a grey? (hound)

[chazwood]

I took the advice of you great gurus on this forum and bought myself a deathray spaceman temperature weapon. Unfortunately, it looks like something from toys r us,  and within 11 seconds flat, my kids made off with it. (I now know the exact temperature of all family members foreheads along with every other tangible object within a 5 mile radius)  Anyway,  I was able to steal it for a few minutes and run out to the bus and shoot around my engine. ( ok.... I can't tell a lie ...on the way to the bus..... I checked the temperature of every tangible object in sight, also.....this thing is addictive.....((Hello, my name is chazwood.......I am a tempaholic.....)).....there, I feel better.)


After giving the basset hound a wakeup boot, (start engine.)  I noticed that the passenger side exhaust manifold was getting almost twice as hot as the driver side manifold. This disparity remained pretty consistant as long as I idled. The driver side never got over 190....while the other side was around 230 something.

Is this normal?


Thanks.


Chazwood

[Utahclaimjumper]

Depending on your exhaust system conviguration, one side may have a longer "runner" to the muffler, would be more back pressure.>>>Dan

[Utahclaimjumper]

Could also be the way the rack is set.>>>Dan

[JohnEd]

And if the rack is set properly and the exhaust runs aren't screwy.....how about an injector that is running rich?  More fuel = higher temp.

That is a great start off for your new toy.  Really impressive!  How about the water temp out of each side.  There was a conversation about why one side of a DD was always warmer than the other, a while back.  Nobody knew!  I think it is cause one side feeds the aftercooler that sits under the blower and all that BTU load comes out one side of the engine.  True?  Don't know.  Don't have docs on the cooling sys or knowledge of the engine casting water galleys.

You can find out which cylinder is causing the heat by looking at the ex port temp.  If they are all the same maybe you have a thermostat that is not opening or one that is stuck open.

Darn I am glad you got that gun.  Get a spare for the kids to lay with.

Thanks for the post,

John

[chazwood]

Ya, the heat-seeking raygun is very cool. I also went to grainger to buy a 2 1/2 in. socket for the bearing nut.......Dang! the cheapest one they had was over $100 ....so I made my own wrench , with a piece of 1/4 in. plate. Works great, but not as good as my redneck wheel bearing flusher. What I did was rob the pump and hose from my parts washer and stick it in a 5 gall bucket of mineral spirits. I pop the plastic cap off the bearing cover and stick in the hose...... turn on the pump and bingo.....bearing flush. I will keep flushing  with cleaner spirits until what comes out is clean, then pop off the cover to let out the remaining spirits (or figure out how to leave the cover alone and suck out what's left)  and fill with new lube. How is this a bad plan?

[HB of CJ]

Now you can also impress people by taking your tire temperatures like you know what you are doing and all sorts of other stuff.  BoogieTheCat taught me to take my coffee and soup temps toos. Works for us.  Also drives wasps crazy.