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Turbo Temp

What is the approximate temperature just above the DD6V92TA turbocharger? I know that the engine itself is somewhere circa 160-190 degrees, but am assuming that the temp in the engine compartment above an un-jacketed turbocharger might be considerably higher?
1989 Foretravel U300 Grand Villa
Build #3410

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300 - 1000f. MOL

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Less than a 4 cycle but still very hot. Might be good to shoot it with a IR gun right at the top of a grade. We all remember 451°F? It sure is close to the bed. Some seem to come with a turbo blanket but ours did not. With a short engine like that, could have installed two turbos at the end like boats do in a lot of cases to get deck clearance and more torque a couple hundred rpm less..

But if you think it's close, check the generator exhaust pipe that melts the insulation and chars the plywood underneath it. Ours was just lying against the wall. On my ling list is to install a muffler on the back side of the generator diesel and then bring the exhaust pipe out without coming close to the back wall. I have a couple of photos that I will have to find.

Pierce
Pierce and Gaylie Stewart
'93 U300/36 WTBI
Detroit 6V-92TA Jake
1140 watts on the roof
SBFD (ret)

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Quote from: Pierce & Gaylie Stewart –
Less than a 4 cycle but still very hot. Might be good to shoot it with a IR gun right at the top of a grade.

Pierce
I said to my Kenworth mechanic, That it might be interesting to mount a camera under the hood to record the turbo on the C15 Cat engine on a hill. I drove at night across Wyoming. He said do not do it.
Why? I asked. He said it will scare the heck out of you when it starts glowing cherry red on that hill.
Jerry & Nona and Kimeru the cat that thinks she's a dog
1998 36' WTFE U320  #5314 Motorcade #17711
USAF 1975-1995
2019 Subaru Crosstrek 'toad'
2003 Subaru Legacy touring car
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Quote from: bigdog –
He said it will scare the heck out of you when it starts glowing cherry red on that hill.
I had flown a Cessna 421 numerous times but one night on one deadhead flight I sat in the back and saw the turbos glowing.  Scared me at first.  Gave a better concept of what was going on in the engine nacelles. 
Jan & Richard Witt
1999 U-320  36ft WTFE
Build Number: 5478 Motorcade: 16599
2011 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited w/Air Force One
Jan: NO5U, Richard:KA5RIW
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