Diesel Engine Trouble

[Leroy Eckert]

Thanks Doug:
I'll watch that and see what happens. No leaks and runs good now but will see
what the fuel usage is. I have run a lot of ULSD through it so far. The only
thing I see now is a small puff as the turbo comes up.
What is a Thomas?
Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL
----- Original Message -----
From: Doug Engel
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Diesel Engine Trouble


Leroy,
Just a heads up, it is very common to have trouble with you injector pump
next. When the lift pump starts to fail it starves the injector pump, causing
premature wear from lack of lubrication (compounded by the ULSD that we now
run). If you start to notice poor fuel economy, you might get your injector pump
pressures checked, just to avoid walkin' again.
Doug Engel, Gunnsion Co. Bird Usta Be, now 1990 Thomas 37', 8.9 Cummins,
"Hormone Derange"

Leroy Eckert wrote:
For 2 years the Cummins engine in my SLT has taken spells of surging on
acceleration, not shifting properly when that happened, and would from time to
time blow out a huge cloud of black smoke. I changed filters, air and fuel,
cleaned injectors, checked for codes(none) etc, etc. It quit Sunday land left me
walk'n. The problem was the fuel lift pump was running but not supplying
adequate fuel. I replaced the pump and it runs like new. This problem was
similar to the one I had on my Kubota Genset. FWIW
Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL

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