Powertech Generator -- Fixed... Air Filter
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06-05-2007, 14:57
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Powertech Generator -- Fixed... Air Filter
Pete have you thought of changing your fuel filter?
On 05/06/07, 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> > > -- Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson 94 WLWB [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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Powertech Generator -- Fixed... Air Filter - Pete Masterson - 06-05-2007, 14:46
Powertech Generator -- Fixed... Air Filter - Rob Robinson - 06-05-2007 14:57
Powertech Generator -- Fixed... Air Filter - Leroy Eckert - 06-06-2007, 00:48
Powertech Generator -- Fixed... Air Filter - Pete Masterson - 06-06-2007, 01:34
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