as long as it doesnt cross into the 'too hot' zone you should be fine

but a couple questions

1) was the A/C on at the time? (yes this will make the truck run hotter, usually it wont be noticed, but in extreme situations it will be)
2) is the electric fan up front working? (turn on the A/C, the e-fan should kick on)
3) how long was this hill? and how hard did you let the truck work?
4) did you hear any extra fan noise (like on a cold morning start up) as if the clutch engaged?

 

yea it never crossed to the HOT zone.

Yea now that i think of it the ac was on a little bit. would of helped to have the heater on full blast eh? but it was pretty warm outside already i would of cooked lol.

yea the elctric fan works i just checked, i cleaned my radiator a few minutes ago.

and im not sure about the extra fan noise i wasnt really paying attention.

as for how hard the engine was working. i was going about 10 mph the rpms where close to 3k. its a steep A** hill. oh and now tha ti also think about ti there was a sign that said no trucks over 1 ton hahah.

the hill kept going i decided to turn around but i was on it for like 5-8 minutes.

 

eh maybe im just paranoid, i get like that when something out of the ordinary happens involving my Durango. im not usually driving around on hills. on the other hand the engine always stays a little lower than the middle on the temp gauge.

 

you were moving very slowly, and 3k rpms is not in the range of normal driving, it would have made more heat than normal, which may not have been dissapated as quickly by the radiator/cooling system since you were moving sooooo slowly

and btw 1 ton weight limit?? pretty sure the durango is closer to 2.5 (4800lbs i believe)

 

+2 sharp....I am busting your chops on the moderator/Carlisle thing but I am with you on this one.

Wizard, 3000 rpm is very high, even for uphill, especially for a lengthy period. For reference normal cruise at about 70 with O.D engaged is about 2000.

If you are going slow, and not much ram air across the radiator, the temp will climb.

A/C on engages the secondary electric fan but also works the compressor, so the engine works harder.

As for what you did, the procedure was correct, turn the heat on to relieve some of the pressure on the engine, open windows and turn a/c off and try to reduce temps. You were cautious on this one and that is the sign of a good driver and probably prevented further temp increases. You monitored the temps, saw the increase and pulled off to allow the engine to cool. Good Call, and no matter what we say, you are driving the D, overheating, head gasket leak or worse head cracking, was avoided.

Take it from my situation with the radiator monitor engine temp closely. Of all the Gauges in the instrument panel, the two I monitor the closest are oil pressure and TEMP

Overheating and sudden catastrophic loss of engine oil pressure are probably the two you can't really do anything about.

 

do you happen to have 3.92 gears in your truck? bc i seem to be doing 75+ at 2k rpm . . .

 

3.92 sounds familiar, I will check next time I am crawling under in the Diff area.

 

I bet he has 3.55's.

 

i doubt magic has 3.55's not turning those rpms at 70, i got 3.55s and turn 2k rpms just over 75 . . . and i got the same engine/trans combo as him

 

i have 3.55's