JeffBruscia
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Hey all, I hope I dropped this in the right place. 2020 3500 Bighorn with the 6.7l ho. I'm new to diesels and am thinking about operating temperature in the winter. I've observed coolant temps in the warm weather while both towing and unhooked that got as high as 215 deg. But driving around with air temps at 30 deg I'm running coolant at 165-172 deg. I'm not too concerned about heat in the cab or anything like that I just want to run the motor at the optimum temp. Do I need to be concerned about these low running temps? Should I consider putting on the grill cover? Also, if I'm towing do these low temps effect engine efficiency? I haven't towed in cold weather yet but I'm guessing the temps will run somewhat higher. I just don't know how much higher yet. Thanks for your feedback.