How many hours has your 4WD done
Submitted: Tuesday, Mar 21, 2006 at 00:22
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Trekkie (Member - WA)
I was at Rottnest on the weekend in my floating caravan - looking at the hours on the Cummins Diesel motors (550hours) Started to wonder why 4wds dont have an engine clock - it could be a better indication of when we need to service the vehicle. Does anyone use an engine clock and how many hours would you estimate you would clock up per 100,000 kms (ie how fast do you think you drive on average?)
Reply By: Lone Wolf - Tuesday, Mar 21, 2006 at 08:25
Tuesday, Mar 21, 2006 at 08:25
I have never recognised a clock as being true value, ever.
It should have a counter, for TOTAL revolutions that the crankshaft has done, as that would be the most fairest way of telling how much work a motor has really done. In an hour, the motor may have only 800 rpm, which is... 48000 revolutions. If we were driving a generator, at say... 1800 rpm, then we have... 108000. The hour all of a sudden looks insignificant...
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Follow Up By: Longreach - Tuesday, Mar 21, 2006 at 10:12
Tuesday, Mar 21, 2006 at 10:12
And on the other hand, the engine hours of a 100,000km country car might be half that of a 100,000km city car.
Might also be interesting to count engine starts ?
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