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Someone said these were terrible on the trail....
T3 174 overheating on the trail...
- Thread starter seanc
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C
If only the trails were like that all the time.
Looks like you need to put your scratchers down:face-icon-small-ton
Ha! Gotta love "trail" days like that!
M
Awesome!
T
They work so good in those conditions!
However 3 of us, all with 174 t3 sleds had to ride 8 miles of nasty frozen up trail today and all 3 sleds over heated bad bad. Packing snow in the coolers every couple miles. Temp lights on and bells going off. And we had scratchers down, feet dragging..
My 13 probably would have turned a light on in the same conditions. But it would have been a fraction of the hassle as the new sled. It's my only complaint with the sled so far. She warms up quickly when the trail gets hard
However 3 of us, all with 174 t3 sleds had to ride 8 miles of nasty frozen up trail today and all 3 sleds over heated bad bad. Packing snow in the coolers every couple miles. Temp lights on and bells going off. And we had scratchers down, feet dragging..
My 13 probably would have turned a light on in the same conditions. But it would have been a fraction of the hassle as the new sled. It's my only complaint with the sled so far. She warms up quickly when the trail gets hard
J
You t3 guys might want to look into a thermostat housing. I got one from Dave Trygstad and it is unreal how cool my sled runs. I was heat cycling my motor the other night to break in the new top end and it seemed to take forever to get it hot. I think one of these would be the ticket for you guys.
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Not 100% sure but I believe Trygstad is a housing only and no thermostat.
So will do nothing for warm up other than to take longer and run cooler .
So will do nothing for warm up other than to take longer and run cooler .
Did you trim the stock flap?
I run 2 sets of scratchers on my 3" track with a stock flap that is not trimmed. I had a trimmed flap before I bought the 3" and it was overheating all the time... replaced it with a stock one and all probs went away.
I run 2 sets of scratchers on my 3" track with a stock flap that is not trimmed. I had a trimmed flap before I bought the 3" and it was overheating all the time... replaced it with a stock one and all probs went away.
Here's my take on a thermostat:
A thermostat simply opens and closes to a preset temp. Once an engine exceeds that temp, the thermostat is open and has no more effect on temp of the engine.
M
A thermostat doesn't just open and close, it is variable, and will maintain engine temperature, not just cycle up and down. Also, cooling systems are far more efficient when there is a differential pressure in the system. Having a slight restriction at the outlet of the engine causes higher pressure in the block, which discourages pump cavitation, and pockets of air forming in the block, and a slower flow allows more heat transfer to the cooling medium. So, indeed, a thermostat can make an engine run cooler.
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Scratchers seem a bit far forward, luckily they came standard on the t3. A second set further back may be the "hot" ticket.
T
Lol
I just drag when I'm off the side of the trail and the snow is hard and smooth..helps a little. Hard on boots. And you need to be careful about your knees..
F
Are the t3 running 3 less litres than the 14s for coolant, and how much less rad.....
Easy way to lose weight but very critical on hard snow with the three inch, not sure if I would spare cooling there
Easy way to lose weight but very critical on hard snow with the three inch, not sure if I would spare cooling there
I also saw this on the T3 last year. It got hot fast on the trail.
Regarding the Tstat id like to know how the stat keeps an engine cool if its full open at its specified temp ? Sure its variable, but its closed until it reaches a certain temp and then modulates open to closed depending on coolant temp. If the stat is rated at 150F and the coolant is 200F the stat is full open and the coolant temp is at the mercy of snow hitting the cooler. Sorry but your stat is now useless in this scenario.
Regarding the Tstat id like to know how the stat keeps an engine cool if its full open at its specified temp ? Sure its variable, but its closed until it reaches a certain temp and then modulates open to closed depending on coolant temp. If the stat is rated at 150F and the coolant is 200F the stat is full open and the coolant temp is at the mercy of snow hitting the cooler. Sorry but your stat is now useless in this scenario.
F
t-3 coolers are the same as our 2014s
