Had to drive from Chicago to Pelican Rapids, MN and back. Plan was to leave and get there Sunday, sleep over and back home Monday night. Didn't work out that way though.
Left Chicago around noon. Brutal driving conditions, snow etc. -7C. 200 miles into the trip (-17C) Adblue light with wrench lights up and warns me I only have 200 mile range. No restart possible after. Thought that was weird since car had 16,5xx miles on it. Check engine light also on.
Stopped by first fuel station, bought Adblue and filled about 1.5 gallons to no avail - lights still on.
I continued my drive and computer eventually counted down to 80 miles range before the Adblue warning disappeared. Check engine stayed on.
8 hours into the trip, temperature dropped to -31C, when I had to get off expressway. The car was LOUD. Clutch pedal STIFF, barely returning up past half way point.
During fuel up, I did not turn it off. Engine temperature needle drastically dropped during this brief 5 min fueling session. Once back driving, temp rose to operating level quick.
At my destination, I couldn't risk turning off my car and being stranded (after reading a few horror Adblue stories) and left it running for about 2.5hours before heading back to Chicago.
During whole drive back to Chicago outside temps consistently in -27c to -30c range. Noticed the car would start overheating every once in a while (perhaps during regens?). I feel like turning the heat on max High helped get some of the heat out of engine. Needle was quick to react - climb and drop. No scan gauge but at highest point, it was easily 4-5 ticks past 190 (mid point).
It tried overheating maybe 10 times during trip back. To remedy, I would drop speed from 73 to about 65 and turn heat on high - which almost immediately dropped engines temp.
Coolant level at MIN, as it was from day 1.
Total miles driven: about 1200.
Total time car continuously ran: 21.5 hours.
All during Extreme cold temps.
Once home, car restarts no problem. MIL still on though.
Comments and ideas on Adblue issues and engine temp variations please.
Car is scheduled for service today.
Left Chicago around noon. Brutal driving conditions, snow etc. -7C. 200 miles into the trip (-17C) Adblue light with wrench lights up and warns me I only have 200 mile range. No restart possible after. Thought that was weird since car had 16,5xx miles on it. Check engine light also on.
Stopped by first fuel station, bought Adblue and filled about 1.5 gallons to no avail - lights still on.
I continued my drive and computer eventually counted down to 80 miles range before the Adblue warning disappeared. Check engine stayed on.
8 hours into the trip, temperature dropped to -31C, when I had to get off expressway. The car was LOUD. Clutch pedal STIFF, barely returning up past half way point.
During fuel up, I did not turn it off. Engine temperature needle drastically dropped during this brief 5 min fueling session. Once back driving, temp rose to operating level quick.
At my destination, I couldn't risk turning off my car and being stranded (after reading a few horror Adblue stories) and left it running for about 2.5hours before heading back to Chicago.
During whole drive back to Chicago outside temps consistently in -27c to -30c range. Noticed the car would start overheating every once in a while (perhaps during regens?). I feel like turning the heat on max High helped get some of the heat out of engine. Needle was quick to react - climb and drop. No scan gauge but at highest point, it was easily 4-5 ticks past 190 (mid point).
It tried overheating maybe 10 times during trip back. To remedy, I would drop speed from 73 to about 65 and turn heat on high - which almost immediately dropped engines temp.
Coolant level at MIN, as it was from day 1.
Total miles driven: about 1200.
Total time car continuously ran: 21.5 hours.
All during Extreme cold temps.
Once home, car restarts no problem. MIL still on though.
Comments and ideas on Adblue issues and engine temp variations please.
Car is scheduled for service today.
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