Powertech Generator -- Fixed... Air Filter

[Pete Masterson]

After driving nearly 1000 miles in the last two days, I guess my
brain is a bit fried.

PowerTech Generator only needed a new air filter. It didn't seem like
I'd run it enough hours since I put a new one in last summer to get
it dirty, but I must have encountered more dust somewhere without
realizing it.
Anyway, swapping in the new air filter and the engine produces
sufficient power -- the voltage read 127 on my multi-meter and is at
the high end of the "green" zone on the meters above the door --
where it normally appears.

As for the various questions ... the generator has just under 3800
hours. The fuel pump is probably the original if I was looking at the
right thing (a silver 'can' on the injector side of the engine --
about the size of one of those 7 oz mini-beer cans). I guess the fuel
pump is original, since it's not black.

Now that I have a fresh air filter installed, there is still some
black smoke to the exhaust (but now I can still see across the
parking lot!) I attribute that to the altitude. (At sea level, the
exhaust tends to be gray/white.)

Thanks for your comments -- it was a real help. I probably would have
changed the filter sooner if I'd realized that it was "full up" so
soon...

Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
aeonix1@...
On the road at Denver Colorado (after 2 long days on the road from
Tyler Texas)



On Jun 5, 2007, at 6:19 PM, Pete Masterson wrote:

> Yesterday and again today, the Powertech 15kw generator started
> acting up. The problem seems to be the Kubota diesel engine. The
> exhaust is black and sooty and the engine isn't putting out full
> power (noted that the voltage had dropped down to 100 vac from the
> usual 120 vac)
>
> I changed the air filter last summer -- solving a sooty exhaust
> problem (without any loss of power) at that time, but this seems
> more serious. <snip>