6.7 Towing & exhaust gas temps

[Ford_Fan]

I just got my Tremor in November and finally had a chance to do some extended towing with her over the last week. We have a 15K pound 5th wheel trailer. The Tremor is a 6.7 F350 with the 3.55 rear. She pulled the trailer perfectly - no issues going up or down steep grades. Plenty of power and even auto use of the exhaust brake was great - very easy towing.

The question I have is when going up extended steep grades what is the usual temps to see - exhaust temps mostly. The engine coolant and oil barely got up. I think the highest I saw the oil was 235F, coolant at like 215F. However, the exhaust temps got to almost 1100F but then decreased rapidly once on flat or descending ground. Is this normal?

 

[Wrangler98]

I just got my Tremor in November and finally had a chance to do some extended towing with her over the last week. We have a 15K pound 5th wheel trailer. The Tremor is a 6.7 F350 with the 3.55 rear. She pulled the trailer perfectly - no issues going up or down steep grades. Plenty of power and even auto use of the exhaust brake was great - very easy towing.

The question I have is when going up extended steep grades what is the usual temps to see - exhaust temps mostly. The engine coolant and oil barely got up. I think the highest I saw the oil was 235F, coolant at like 215F. However, the exhaust temps got to almost 1100F but then decreased rapidly once on flat or descending ground. Is this normal?

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I have heard of exhaust temps reaching as high as 1400, 1100 wouldn’t scare me for a short duration.

 

[Chris21667]

Max EGT temp?

www.powerstroke.org

Your Ford Superduty (6.7L) has 4 EGT sensors in the exhaust.

Normal driving you are right, will be around 500° Towing I often see temps up in the 800° range.

When Active Regen takes place I will see exhaust temps ( especially on the #4 sensor) in the 1100-1200° range.

On some steep grades with a 13,000 lbs trailer in tow I can see 1000°

Realize that none of these sensors are Pre-Turbo. They are all located at your CAT, Pre and Post DPF and Post SCR

On a side not, Passive Regen take place any time your exhaust exceeds 572°F temps

 

[Ford_Fan]

Max EGT temp?

www.powerstroke.org

Your Ford Superduty (6.7L) has 4 EGT sensors in the exhaust.

Normal driving you are right, will be around 500° Towing I often see temps up in the 800° range.

When Active Regen takes place I will see exhaust temps ( especially on the #4 sensor) in the 1100-1200° range.

On some steep grades with a 13,000 lbs trailer in tow I can see 1000°

Realize that none of these sensors are Pre-Turbo. They are all located at your CAT, Pre and Post DPF and Post SCR

On a side not, Passive Regen take place any time your exhaust exceeds 572°F temps

Yep - I saw 4 different exhaust temp sensors to choose from in the OBD app. I just picked the first one as a sample. Good to know on the passive regen - I noticed the particulate filter was at 0% basically the whole trip. Now I know why.

Side note - this thing consumes DEF like crazy while towing. I estimate she used at least 5 gallons over the 1200 miles of towing. Wow.

 

[PapaRaptor]

I know much hotter than the rest glad I don't have that gauge to make me worriy

Great looking set up you have there. Thats a bad ass 5th wheel and looks like it is set up nice with the Truck.

 

[Chris21667]

Yep - I saw 4 different exhaust temp sensors to choose from in the OBD app. I just picked the first one as a sample. Good to know on the passive regen - I noticed the particulate filter was at 0% basically the whole trip. Now I know why.

Side note - this thing consumes DEF like crazy while towing. I estimate she used at least 5 gallons over the 1200 miles of towing. Wow.

yea i used the full tank of def in 500 miles of driving in the mountain so i am guessing hot temperatures and doing a regen at the same time but right now empty truck the def is almost never used

 

[Ford_Fan]

I know much hotter than the rest glad I don't have that gauge to make me worriy

Great looking set up you have there. Thats a bad ass 5th wheel and looks like it is set up nice with the Truck.

LOL, all the gauges in the truck hardly crept up (coolant and tranny). I had to scroll to the screen to see oil temps. I just viewed exhaust temps to see about cooling her down before shutting her off and then got interested to see what it was during climbs. Overall - extremely impressive towing experience. The transmission shifts, engine power and logic for tow/haul modes is spot on.

And thanks for the compliment! Both of these new "toys" are awesome. Should provide many years of fun!

 

[Ford_Fan]

yea i used the full tank of def in 500 miles of driving in the mountain so i am guessing hot temperatures and doing a regen at the same time but right now empty truck the def is almost never used

Agree - with the truck empty it seems like the def gauge barely moves. I'll just keep 2 or 3 jugs of it in the bed while traveling with the fiver.

 

[Chris21667]

Agree - with the truck empty it seems like the def gauge barely moves. I'll just keep 2 or 3 jugs of it in the bed while traveling with the fiver.

yea thats fine ... i will just go to the truck stations as it is cheaper then the box

 

[Ford_Fan]

yea thats fine ... i will just go to the truck stations as it is cheaper then the box

I couldn't find any truck stops that had it and the one that did it wasn't functioning. So I'll just keep the boxes as backup.

 

[Chris21667]

I couldn't find any truck stops that had it and the one that did it wasn't functioning. So I'll just keep the boxes as backup.

yea i understand that just in case ... don't want to be stuck without