A new Bluebird owner's tale of the first shakedown trip

[Greg Young]

Hi Curt - That's a good hint. It's in with Valley Detroit Diesel right now,
whom we expect to get to the root of the problem. And since I've been looking
at biodiesel, replacing those lines with non-rubber would be good anyway.
However, we didn't encounter the problem when we were lowest on fuel upon
entering AZ, and the third time it happened we still had 3//4 tank.

Will keep the forum posted on progress, and thank you for your help!
Greg


----- Original Message ----
From: Curt Sprenger
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 8:44:21 PM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: A new Bluebird owner's tale of the first
shakedown trip

Greg,

My buddy Rod worked for the local transit authority for 30+ years. I
mentioned to him the problem with your coach. He suggested I pass this
on to you...

If fuel was added to the tank, and the fuel problem went away, only to
show up again after burning some fuel, it could be the fuel tank pick
up tube. If this is the problem and the fuel pick up tube is 1/2", Rod
suggested installing a 3/8" tube inside of the 1/2" tube. A 3/8" tube
should feed a hungry 8V92 just fine. Rod did this several times at the
transit authority while maintaining hundreds of buses.

Depending on issues with your coach, Rod is retired, a great mechanic,
and a good source for fixing lots of things. He is willing to do some
maintenance/ fixing to stay somewhat busy...just can't let it interfere
with our neighborhood daily meetings...coffee in the am...beer in the
pm...Ha!

I removed the previous posts to keep the document length to a minimum.

Curt Sprenger
1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
Anaheim Hills, CA