Edge Juice turned off

[kompressor]

While pulling a very steep mountain road, towing about 11000 lbs,in 4w low my engine temp went to about 220*. Shortly after hitting that temp my Edge juice shut/attitude turned off. Needless to say the sudden loss of power was not good. I did make it to the top of the mountain, very slowly. The next day the Juice fired up and has worked great. Is there a shutdown built in for over temp in the Juice?

 

[AH64ID]

Do you mean the Edge stopped adding power or the screen went blank?

They do have coolant protection built in, which should reduce power. 225° is the max allowed temp on an 04 per Cummins. That's the temp I would set the E J/A at.

As for coolant temps when towing at slow speeds I presume you were 4Lo and 2nd gear? Be sure to put the gear selector in 2 so the tq converter will lock. Also try to keep the rpms at 2000-2500 for improved coolant flow and fan operation.

If that is a condition you get to often I would look at exhaust manifold blankets, they really lower the underhood temps which helps on slow speed, high load conditions.

 

[kompressor]

Thank you for the reply. Yes, the screen went blank. I really wasn't in a good place to loose power. I believe at the time I was in low and 4w low. It was a real surprise I haven't had that happen before.

 

[AH64ID]

I would verify the OBDII connection and if that is good give Edge a call that's certainly not normal.

Being in low/low you probably weren't getting much power from the Edge as even as heavy as you can get the torque multiplication is huge in that gearing.