Thread: piston oil squirters

Originally Posted by Sparkie

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Originally Posted by lambrover

Man that is high, I would have been pooing my self with sustained temps that high. but goes to show how strong/reliable these engines are.

I am nervous when I sit on just over 500 for more than 10 minits.

what boost pressure where you running at those temps.

Boost was between 5 and 10 psi.

My Genuine ISUZU manual lists 750 as Max EGT for the T models (admittedly they have the oil spray and Alfin pistons - though late model NAs have alfin pistons as well).

I never take it over 750 - though I had to keep telling one of my co-drivers to back off on that trip when the EGTs were getting too high. I measure EGT just at the exit from #1, so these values are possibly slightly higher than before the turbo - I need to move the EGT probe.

I dropped it down to 4th every so often when I was driving to lower EGTs and lube the box better.

For average driving on the highway it would sit at 450-550 on the highway. It was just 1 day from Norseman - Eucla with High ambient temps and a very strong headwind that the EGTs were sitting at 550-749 for most of the day.

Originally Posted by Dougal

How much fuel did you burn?

I think about 14.5L/100 for that stretch. I posted it on here - maybe in the fuel consumption thread - but I can't find it atm.

Ben, IMHO you need to increase your boost pressure and air flow.

With your turbo (I'm going from memory here - GT2860 ??) I would expect the compressor would still be operating at reasonable efficiency so you should see the egt come down.