From: Joe Garrett (j.garrett@verizon.net)
Date: Mon Oct 11 2004 - 08:55:41 PDT
I want to add that changing the temperature of your thermostat will not
change the temperature at which the engine operates. The thermostat is
designed to open and allow cooling fluid to start circulating through the
radiator at a specific temperature. Once it opens, it has no control over
the temperature of the engine.
The purpose of the thermostat is to bring the engine up to operating
temperature quicker by shutting down the radiator when the engine is cold.
That is about all it does.
Joe Garrett
-----Original Message-----
From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On
Behalf Of chris case
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 8:32 AM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: [MV] Hard hot start, M880
Your engine is made to run with a hot intake manifold to vaporize fuel and
get better mileage, that is NOT your problem. I'd suspect ignition, coil,
pickup (in distributor), brain on firewall. Try cranking in short bursts,
will it start just as you let off the key? If so, the 'start' side of the
ballast resistor is bad- those with electronic ign use a dual resistor, one
side to run, one side to start. When start side is bad it will fire if key
is released as engine 'coasts' through another compression stroke.
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