Not Engine Temperature, but Engine Compartment (ambient) Temperature!
In fact, my engine never went above 30% on the temp gauge. This Electric Fan and the E-Fan Controller are working so well I can not believe it. That Fan Controller works even better in hotter weather! It really does keep the fan on with varying amperage and fan speed, something I never saw in the winter.
So my engine was super happy running slightly cooler than normal.
But as for the engine bay temperature, well, lets just say that I REALLY need to get some heat vents on my hood!
You can see from my thermometer above, the left reading is the temperature in my cab (and basically outside temperature because I was running with no doors), and the right reading is the temperature at my air filter.
My gauge only goes up to 160 degrees, at which point, it will read 88.8 degrees as can be seen above. And it maxed out that gauge ALL DAY LONG. I have no idea how hot it got up to, 165, 170 degrees maybe? Crazy
Well, I thought, that was at 95 degrees in the day, so maybe it will be much better at night.
Nope. Even when it was about 66 degrees outside my engine bay was over 150 degrees.
My electric fan light was in the green/orange, which means about 30% amperage draw, so it wasn't even working that hard and still the engine was only at about 1/3 temp gauge.
So there are some bugs that I found that need to be addressed before I go out again... Gotta get some vents on my hood
