Hey guys, I need a little guidance.
A few months ago I moved from Sacramento to San Diego. I towed my Subaru Impreza behind my truck on a uhaul car trailer. It was July, so 90+ the whole way through the central valley. Truck did mostly fine, although I did notice the coolant temp needle creep above the middle mark, which had never happened before and I found mildly worrying. After spending a night in Bakersfield we left early and embarked up the grapevine while it was still cool out. The truck overheated. I pulled off at a rest stop before the whole thing went to shit. We unloaded the car and my buddy drove it the rest of the way to San Diego. We tried continuing with the empty trailer and the truck couldn’t even handle that so we had to put it on the uhaul truck my dad was driving. The fully unloaded truck made it the rest of the way and I haven’t had a problem since.
Now I don’t do a lot of towing, but I think a 2006 LBZ should be able to tow a small sedan over the grapevine without breaking a sweat. The truck does have 350K miles. The coolant and hoses do need to be replaced, and I will do that soon. Probably put in a new thermostat while I’m at it. What else would you recommend so I never have to worry about cooling ever again. Keep in mind I don’t do much towing, though I’m considering getting a boat in the near future.
A few months ago I moved from Sacramento to San Diego. I towed my Subaru Impreza behind my truck on a uhaul car trailer. It was July, so 90+ the whole way through the central valley. Truck did mostly fine, although I did notice the coolant temp needle creep above the middle mark, which had never happened before and I found mildly worrying. After spending a night in Bakersfield we left early and embarked up the grapevine while it was still cool out. The truck overheated. I pulled off at a rest stop before the whole thing went to shit. We unloaded the car and my buddy drove it the rest of the way to San Diego. We tried continuing with the empty trailer and the truck couldn’t even handle that so we had to put it on the uhaul truck my dad was driving. The fully unloaded truck made it the rest of the way and I haven’t had a problem since.
Now I don’t do a lot of towing, but I think a 2006 LBZ should be able to tow a small sedan over the grapevine without breaking a sweat. The truck does have 350K miles. The coolant and hoses do need to be replaced, and I will do that soon. Probably put in a new thermostat while I’m at it. What else would you recommend so I never have to worry about cooling ever again. Keep in mind I don’t do much towing, though I’m considering getting a boat in the near future.
