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It was only on the big hills that it was going up to 600. This was just outside of Adelaide heading to Melbourne through the tunnel. It's in an area where a lot of trucks have lost brakes going the other way. Big hills that go for a long way.
When on flatish normal roads (heading north of Adelaide towards Port Augusta) or small undulating hills it keeps under 400 at 100kph. When the ECU upgrade was done last December I towed the camper up the same hills (without EGT gauge) and was able to keep it in 4th without problems. Before the tune and exhaust it would not hold 4th and I would do it in 3rd (55kph).
So maybe I don't actually have problem. It's just me freaking out at the temps on the gauge. I can still go up that hill in 3rd if need be when towing to keep EGT's down. Will be towing to the Riverland in a couple of weeks so will be interesting. Not many big hills but I will get a baseline on temps.
If I can get a little more boost what should I set it at? 18psi?
As a few have suggested on this thread, maybe we CRD owners need to chill out a bit and drive them without worrying. There's a lot of baggage linked to the ZD30 that's for sure.
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