[dieselshadow]

Good points, but I think it’s a bit different than an overheating 70s car.

If the tractor wasn’t doing much of anything and was overheating, yeah, shut it off.

If you were using ground engaging equipment, heavy PTO use, or any other use of real power, stopping the need to burn lots of fuel is number one in a diesel. You definitely want the cooling system working to bring things back down and normalize. If you can’t for whatever reason, you’re absolutely right, cut it off.

Most of the time in a tractor world during an overheating event, stopping the tractor from working, leaving it run, and attempt to clear the radiator blockage or whatever is causing your issue is the thing to do. The fan operating and coolant moving around, even hot, will help keep things even and hopefully bring it back down to normal.

Clearly this isn’t a hard and true rule. So take my comments for what you paid for it. 👍🏼