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Re: My black DI went 107,000 miles Posted by Dean (more from Dean) on Tue, 4 Jan 2005 14:20:41

In Reply to: Re: My black DI went 107,000 miles, Peter

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Well, the engine compartments became very confined staring with the NG900. So the DI generates its own heat and to do that it must then be warmer than its enviroment. The enviromment is very hot under the hood. And the rad cooling fans are run as little as possible to save power, so there is no excess air flow under the hood enless road speeds are fast enough. The temperatures of the DI in city driving in the summer could be very nasty. When my red DI DIed on my 95SET, it was when stopped at an intersection in the city on one of the hotest days of the year. Walking in that heat did not help my mood much either. I did not have my spare then, but did soon after.

The DI needs its own liquid cooling system, but the cost of that would rival that of a spare DI and then there is the added complexity of that.

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Posts in this Thread:

DI Cassettes, Willis, Tue, 4 Jan 2005 13:07:16
- Re: DI Cassettes, t_mokes, Tue, 4 Jan 2005 17:27:15
  - Re: DI Cassettes & head bolts, Peter , Tue, 4 Jan 2005 20:23:12
- same old song, davenew, Tue, 4 Jan 2005 15:47:00
  - That's why they fail!, AndyR, Wed, 5 Jan 2005 12:09:03
  - Whaddaya mean,"Stored upright?" . . ., Mike in Anchorage, Tue, 4 Jan 2005 18:48:58
- Does this apply to '03+ MY Saabs?, Nick , Tue, 4 Jan 2005 14:03:47
  - Re: Does this apply to '03+ MY Saabs?, jc, Tue, 4 Jan 2005 14:08:22
    - Re: Does this apply to '03+ MY Saabs?, Dean, Tue, 4 Jan 2005 14:14:01
      - Re: Does this apply to '03+ MY Saabs?, REM in Seattle , Tue, 4 Jan 2005 20:04:27
- My black DI went 107,000 miles, Dave in Houston, Tue, 4 Jan 2005 13:45:13
  - mine died at 17k with no warning, Bob M, Wed, 5 Jan 2005 05:32:37
  - Re: My black DI went 107,000 miles, Peter , Tue, 4 Jan 2005 14:01:45
    - Re: My black DI went 107,000 miles, Dean, Tue, 4 Jan 2005 14:20:41 <-- Viewing This Message
      - Re: My black DI went 107,000 miles, Peter , Tue, 4 Jan 2005 15:53:07
- Re: DI Cassettes, Peter , Tue, 4 Jan 2005 13:42:47
- Re: DI Cassettes, JimN, Tue, 4 Jan 2005 13:38:20
- Re: DI Cassettes, Dean, Tue, 4 Jan 2005 13:34:45
  - How difficult is the DI to change on the roadside? n/m, JBack, Tue, 4 Jan 2005 13:52:44
    - Thanks for the information guys! n/m, JBack, Wed, 5 Jan 2005 10:18:11
    - Re: How difficult is the DI to change on the roadside? n/m, Dean, Tue, 4 Jan 2005 14:11:04
    - Re: How difficult is the DI to change on the roadside? n/m, Peter , Tue, 4 Jan 2005 14:09:21
- Re: DI Cassettes, nathan , Tue, 4 Jan 2005 13:20:15
  - I had 90k on my 99 9-3, never a problem n/m, Nick , Tue, 4 Jan 2005 13:57:15
    - DI Cassettes, Willis, Tue, 4 Jan 2005 19:43:37
      - Re: DI Cassettes, REM in Seattle , Tue, 4 Jan 2005 20:09:59
        Re: DI Cassettes, Dcheng, Wed, 5 Jan 2005 20:56:29
        Direct Ignition (DI) Cassette..., REM in Seattle , Thu, 6 Jan 2005 20:35:58
        Re: Direct Ignition (DI) Cassette..., Dcheng in Los Angeles, Fri, 7 Jan 2005 10:09:02

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