Driving my Motorhome up BIG Colorado Mountains!! (RVing Now! NOT Sailing Brick House #103)
September 25, 2024 · 28 min · 3K views · Colorado
What this video covers
Rebecca Childress drives her Class C motorhome from New Mexico into Colorado, where the engine repeatedly overheats climbing mountain passes, forcing her to stop every mile to let the temperature drop below 215–220°F before continuing.0:48
She visits Great Sand Dunes National Park, attends the Fibark Whitewater Festival in Salida, and camps near Poncha Pass, but avoids steeper routes including Wolf Pass on advice from her own judgment, despite others insisting the engine could handle it.1:39 To manage water without driving the overheating RV uphill to a campground spigot, she deploys three jerry cans from her sailboat and a small electric pump powered by a Jackery, priming the diaphragm pump carefully to avoid dry-run damage.3:29 She purchases an OBD Solutions OBDLink MX+ (model MX 201, version 3.1) to monitor engine temperature and transmission fluid in real time via the OBD port.16:25 At a Harvest Hosts stay at 84 Ranch near Bayfield outside Durango, a Boondockers Welcome host named Bob locates a mechanic in Farmington, New Mexico.26:11 She also takes the Durango-to-Silverton steam train.26:38 The overheating cause remains undiagnosed at episode's end, with the Farmington mechanic visit deferred to the next installment. Monitoring coolant temperature live with an OBD device let her manage the problem without engine damage while the root cause stayed unknown.
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