selling and 15K

[Dan Saari]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Saari"
wrote:
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "davidkerryedwards"
> wrote:
> >
> > Dan:
> > I'm sorry about your very expensive engine failure. Could you
> > elaborate a little more on what happened? It doesn't seem as
> though
> > an extra 20 degrees in engine temperature would cause that
> > catastrophic a failure. Did the engine seize or not run at all
> > after overheating? What was the purpose of the washer?
> >
> > Kerry
> > 82 Fc 35
> > Denver
> >
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Saari"
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > >
>
> Kerry..... 20 degrees does'nt seem like a lot but if the light
had
> flashed at the preset of 205 degrees you are not yet at a boiling
> point and can shut it down, but if the senser did'nt warn me untill
> 225 at this point you are beyond boiling and pushing water out of
> your system for possible 3-5 miles and the more you loose the
faster
> the temp is rising and an eminent failure can happen REAL fast
cause
> your 40 feet from the situation and its behind you so you do'nt
even
> smell the antifreese...
>
> As for the washer type thing...... I got an email today telling me
> Bluebird installed them....... I,m looking into this because I
would
> like to know why they installed them.. I will tell you this, I did
> notice a temp. fluxuation on my way back from Colorado without the
> washer...I will describe this fluxuation and it only happened in
the
> evening when the outside temp. was cooler.....the temp gauge would
> read 180 and over a span of about 3-4 miles would gradually
increase
> to about 195,, in a matter of 1 mile it would return to 180 and the
> cycle would repeat over and over.....In thinking about this and
> wondering about why this would happen at night in cooler weather
and
> not during the day the common sense of the hole situation (to me at
> least) is this...During the day when the outside temp is warmer the
> temp. controlled fan runs all the time,consiquently keeping the
temp
> at the 180 thermostat set.. but in the evening when the outside
temp.
> lowers, the fan will automatically shut down and the temp will
> gradually rise to 195 where the fan is designed to kick in and cool
> back to 180,,,,, wallau.. the rise and fall of the temp.
fluxuation..
>
> Now if in fact the washer was installed to illiminate this
> fluxuation I don't know... I only know this, the guy that
overhauled
> the motor said that whoever put that washer in there may have had a
> purpose in mind, but restricting the flow of cool water to the
> drivers side head ( is what it does in that location) is crazy..
>
> I can also tell you that the drivers side exhaust manifold was
> cracked and needed to be replaced.. if this was because that side
ran
> hotter because of the washer,,I don'nt know......
>
> whether that washer should have been installed by Bluebird or
> not ,,again I don't know... hopefully we have some 8v92 gorroozzs
out
> there to jump in on this......LET THE DEBATE BEGIN..... DAN
>
> 92 WLWB 40ft.
> Depere/ Summerfield..... for sale
>


Kerry....... another part of your question I forgot to answer was
about it shutting down.... Within 30 seconds of me spotting the red
check engine light I looked at the gauges and saw the temp gauge all
the way to the max 260 degrees and before I could reach for the key
and pull off in a turn lane to the right ,, it shut itself off or
just quit running and it was at this point I looked in the rear veiw
mirror and saw it steaming,,,, Keep in mind now 12 miles earlier I
had walked around the entire coach and everthing was fine,,, I even
stood between the back of the coach and my tow vehicle and took a
piss so I know there was no smell of antifreeze..... As I,ve said
earlier...things can go to shit in a hurry when going up the
mountains and they can happen FAST... your best defense is watch the
gauges ,,, hwy,gauges,hwy,gauges,hwy gauges........ DAN