6 Powerful Motorhome Driving Tips for Climbing Mountains! & Finding ❤️ in an RV? (Brick House 104)
18 December 2024 · 13 min · 5K views
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A Class C motorhome on a Chevy Express 3500 chassis repeatedly overheated climbing mountains and hills, forcing Rebecca Childress to seek repairs at Off Again in Farmington, New Mexico.Watch The shop worked through five sequential fixes: repairing a broken tailpipe, servicing the cooling system with BG products to clear calcium deposits and add a sealer and corrosion inhibitor, performing fuel system maintenance, replacing the thermostat, and swapping the clutch fan for a heavy-duty unit.4:20 The rear differential gear ratio replacement — estimated at $2,000 — proved unnecessary.4:33 The mechanic then revealed the root cause: Rebecca was driving technique wrong, lugging the engine instead of keeping it in the power band.4:50 Six driving rules now keep the engine healthy: approach hills with maximum safe momentum; downshift before the climb begins; stay in a gear where adding throttle produces acceleration; keep RPMs between 2,800 and 4,500 on a Chevy Express 3500; use manual gear positions (3, 2, 1) rather than Drive on grades; and if temperature approaches 220–230°F, pull over and let the engine idle in Park rather than shutting it off.5:40 Rebecca also used flattishroute.com and randymajors.org to research elevation profiles before each drive.3:30 Separately, she met a man named Rob in New Mexico and the two later rendezvoused at BLM land near Mesa Verde National Park.0:12
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