Road trip blues

[Scott Forman]

OK...dumb question...what/where is a "crossover pipe"?

Scott Forman
82 FC35RB
Memphis

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "davidkerryedwards"
wrote:
>
> This roadtrip is turning into a sequence of mechanical problems.
After we got the idler
> pulley repaired in MO, we made it to WV when the crossover pipe (a
second rate flexible
> pipe) failed. FMCA road service sent out a mechanic who removed
the broken end and re
> attached it. We got down the road 40 miles and it failed again,.
I reattached it myself and
> we limped into Cumberland MD on Saturday where we waited until this
morning(in a
> shopping mall parking lot) for an exhaust shop to open. Jim's
transmissionn and exhaust
> did an excellent quick job and we were on the road by 11am. A mile
down the road the
> engine quit suddenly at 60mph. Pulled over, restarted it and set
off again. this happened
> three times in 5 miles. I called FMCA road service again since it
was dangerous to drive
> since we lost power steering when the engine quit. Were towed to
Keyser WV ($431--buy
> road service!) where we are currently in a motel. The current
diagnosis is that when the
> crossover pipe failed it sooted up the air cleaner resulting in
very high vacuum in the
> intake which sucked down a rubber hose cutting off all air flow to
the engine and shutting
> it down. We're waiting for a new air filter to arrive by UPS
tomorrow. I had thought the
> turbo was failing and seizing up, so if this diagnosis is correct,
it's a much more simple
> fix. The diagnosis makes a fair amount of sense since the shut
down problems occured
> after the crossover pipe was properly fixed with a solid pipe which
would make the turbo
> operate more efficiently than the loosely attached prior repair.
> We hope to make it to DC sometime this summer and then have a less
eventful journey up
> to NYC, Montreal, and back to Denver.
> If anyone has any better diagnoses, jump in. The air filter is
within a couple of feet of the
> ccrossover pipe and it was completely black when removed. Apart
from a turbo failing, I
> can't think of any other explanation. It definitely had fuel since
the max fuel light was on
> when it happened and it shot out lots of gray smoke upon start up.
The only other thing
> that could seem to cause a diesel to stop running is lack of
compression, lack of timing, or
> lack of air.
>
> Kerry
> 82 FC 35
> Denver
> Singing the blues in WV (or should that be bluegrass?)
>