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A few years back, you could get an idle shut down system that would shut the engine down after a preset cool down period. That was all the system did. Some had a timer that the driver could adjust, and some were preset. Does someone still make this type of add on system? We don’t need it to restart the engine after the cab reaches a certain temperature. Thank you….Rick Brittain |
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This is going back a few years, but i'll do my best to answer you question as I understand it. I believe the product you are talking about is called an Ambient Temperature Sensor, these temperature probes were programmed to shut off an idling truck automatically within a couple of minutes unless the ambient temperature exceeded or was below the set parameters. These probes were available directly from the engine manufacturer. I do not know if they still produce them but if they do here's a start. Caterpillar's Kit was P/N 1330660, Sensor 1060735 Cummins Kit was P/N 3407500, Sensor 3865312 Detorit's Kit was P/N 23518521, Manifold sensor 23515250 If that is not what you're looking for the only other thing I can think of is the Detroit Diesel's Optimized Idle package which you can buy from them when you get their engine. This is pretty much a stop/start package that meausres the interior temperature of the cab and will turn on the engine when it senses that the temperature has fallen below a specific point. Rick, I hope this helps.
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