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

[Greg Young]

Hey Dan - Appreciate your support as the seller here... We got to the AZ border
with about 1/8 tank registerting on the fuel guage, put 100 gal in at Flying J
in Ehrenburg, drove on into Phoenix, then into Bullhead City via Kingman, where
we filled up full, putting in about 160 gal, again at a Flying J. ($2.89/gal
vs. $3.29+ in CA, and VERY busy pumps). From there homeward. So can't
specifically say if one batch was bad, or if that's a problem at all, given that
we mixed in another load of fuel. Filters didn't look particularly dirty, and
they were replaced on the night of the first failure. The last mechanic in
Riverside was pretty sure it was the fuel pump.

Greg

----- Original Message ----
From: Dan and Cindy Sunderland <86bluebird@...>
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 8:05:40 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: A new Bluebird owner's tale of the first
shakedown trip

HI Greg

I have beeen following you first trip to AZ. Much to my amazement, I can't
beleive this fuel
problem.

I have been driving this bird for 8 years every month and no fuel problems ever.
I just
rebuilt the Racor 1000 a couple of years ago just as a pre-caution. As both
filters were 2
years old, I thought they needed changing just because it had been 2 years, but
only 4 K
miles. I have been using Stanadyne additive to the fuel for the last 3 years as
it was
suggested by a boater friend. This should have negated any algae or other
problems.

I am truly sorry for this situation and do not understand what could cause this.
I will
follow the Mira Loma fix to see what they find. I wonder if some bad fuel in AZ
could have
been the problem. I forgot to ask you when we spoke whether you added more fuel
at the
border coming home.

SIncerely
Dan Sunderland
San Marcos
05 450 LXi