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I would greatly increase the oil change interval- and have the oil analysis, I’m sure the fuel numbers will be too high
Running truck idle all night....
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Regarding CO posioning, gas engines produce more CO than diesel, because CO is a byproduct of incomplete combustion.
Since diesels get all the air they need, they don't produce as much CO.
But truckers have died from CO poisioning in rigs too, look it up. And I suspect a number of deaths in sleepers have been wrongly classified as natural...
Furthermore it is an old misconception that engines doesn't suffer from idling, they do, and more than from being used. look up cylinder glazing.
Lastly - to me - its seems very wastefull and bad stewardship of nature and our ressources to leave a truck idling all night just to have a bit of A/C running.
Since diesels get all the air they need, they don't produce as much CO.
But truckers have died from CO poisioning in rigs too, look it up. And I suspect a number of deaths in sleepers have been wrongly classified as natural...
Furthermore it is an old misconception that engines doesn't suffer from idling, they do, and more than from being used. look up cylinder glazing.
Lastly - to me - its seems very wastefull and bad stewardship of nature and our ressources to leave a truck idling all night just to have a bit of A/C running.
AggieOE
Trying to escape the city
I've done this a few times down at the beach when it was hot out but very windy. I always parked front first into the wind and would take a CO monitor with me. I also slept in a hammock in the Jeep with my head high up. Looking back... I would have just done what DzlToy said. I don't like the beach. I don't like fishing. I don't even like sand. Friends were the reason but even then... psh.
lugueto
Adventurer
Aside from CO poisoning, which may or may not be a factor to you depending on where and how you'll camp, bear in mind you'll be logging up 8+ more hours on the engine every single night which won't be shown in your mileage (the equivalent of almost 500 miles of highway driving). This is very relevant for your maintenance intervals, which should be greatly increased. Your engine will suffer in the long haul. I don't see why the lack of a transmission cooler would be relevant since the transmission isn't generating any heat at all...
There's also the contamination factor. But I suppose there's a lot of other stuff that are much worse and more frequent than that affecting our planet.
But the thing I really don't get. Is why go camping if you can't stand sleeping a night without A/C? There's three major factors going against this and you're willing to forgo all three to sleep in the driver's seat? I'd personally rather sleep in a proper bed with a rechargeable fan than in the passenger seat of any vehicle with A/C on.
There's also the contamination factor. But I suppose there's a lot of other stuff that are much worse and more frequent than that affecting our planet.
But the thing I really don't get. Is why go camping if you can't stand sleeping a night without A/C? There's three major factors going against this and you're willing to forgo all three to sleep in the driver's seat? I'd personally rather sleep in a proper bed with a rechargeable fan than in the passenger seat of any vehicle with A/C on.