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Old Jun 14, 2009 | 09:42 PM
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What should the truck in my sig be idling at and how high should my egts be. Truck idles at 7 or 8 hundred rpm and egts are between 6 and 8 hundred cruising at 55 to 60. Thanks
 
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Old Jun 15, 2009 | 04:01 AM
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Those sound like the right numbers to me.
 
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Old Jun 15, 2009 | 04:16 AM
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im running the same 700 rpm, and flat road 65 im around 800 egt
 
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Old Jun 15, 2009 | 01:31 PM
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Same as my truck
 
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Old Jun 15, 2009 | 01:40 PM
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both are where they should be imo
 
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Old Jun 15, 2009 | 02:09 PM
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sounds good to me.
 
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Old Jun 15, 2009 | 04:37 PM
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Bout the same as mines runnin
 
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Old Jun 15, 2009 | 05:29 PM
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thanks, the numbers sounded kind of high to me but if that is what everyone is running then i guess its normal. thanks again
 
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Old Jun 15, 2009 | 05:36 PM
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You cant really adjust idle on a 24V anyway - unless you have some sort of adjustable high idle switch.
 
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Old Jun 15, 2009 | 07:02 PM
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running the same here to You can check the actual reading by a OBD2 scanner it will tell the true rpms.
 
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