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Powertech Generator -- Fixed... Air Filter
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 wrote:
>
> 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>
>
>



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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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