I have hauled some heavy loads over the last hay season and I think my miss guidence from other people have swayed my beter judgement on EGT. Loaded or unloaded I dont exceed 1200*. I had 2 1600* mishaps unloded. I know that people will say that 1500* for a few seconds is ok and others say don't go over 1000 hauling heavy loads. What I would like to know is 3 figures..Unloaded sustained temp*Unloaded Max few second bursts*Sustained loaded temp*I wont hold you to the temp but I am curious on what people are running. This is all pre-turbo readings.

When towing heavy, my oil temp has gotten up to 222* on the temp gauge that I have installed. This is when I was going up a 7% grade, towing about 15K. The coolant temp only got up to 200*.

Not to hijack but where is your oil temp gauge. I want to install one as well but havent decided if in the pan or off the filter housing. Maybe even the turbo return line? Not that the turbo would be indicative of engine oil temp but I am guessing the most brutal area the oil has to see would be in the turbo.

Not to hijack but where is your oil temp gauge. I want to install one as well but havent decided if in the pan or off the filter housing. Maybe even the turbo return line? Not that the turbo would be indicative of engine oil temp but I am guessing the most brutal area the oil has to see would be in the turbo.

I would run the oil filter housing. I would like to find a place on the block to run it, but I am not sure there is one that will work. There is a port on the block just above the ECM, but I don't tink a 1/8" sender will get deep enough with the NPT to metric adapter to get accurate readings?

Right on top of the oil filter housing there is a plug that I used. In the picture, you can see the turbo oil line and the oil temp sensor.