80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help

[Adria Haynes]

So there is a water seperator at the rear of the engine that I
didn't even notice when removing the fuel filter a dozen times?

huh.

I figured the one at the LP bay was the only one.

Let me know,

John


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "samax8"
wrote:
> -I agree with everyone else that you may have contaminated fuel.
But
> these old cats seem to run with pretty bad fuel so try the simple
> things first. I beleive you have an air leak. I had a very similar
> situation with the engine stalling but running and starting with
> starter fluid. Turns out a newly replaced water seperator had a
bad
> seal and was allowing air to be sucked in. Replaced the seperator
> and everything was fine. I could see air bubbles in the glass bowl
> of the water seperator. Check yours if you can keep the engine
> running for a few minutes. The water seperator is located at the
top
> rear of the engine.
>
> Bill
> 82FC33
>
> -- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Adria Haynes"
> <mrbeebody@n...> wrote:
> > Gurus,
> >
> > I had been here for a while, took a break, but have been lurking
> > again
> > for a while. I NEED HELP!
> >
> > What I have is a Wanderlodge 35fc with a newer 3208 Cat. We just
> > used it last month for a long weekend that was 2 hours away and
> > everything went excellent. We started the trip with 1/4 tank,
> > filled up, and had 1/2 tank when the trip was over - which how
it
> > has sat for the past
> > month.
> >
> > I fired it up for a few minutes on Thursday night to make sure we
> > were ready to rock for the long weekend. After getting
everything
> > ready to head out - it wouldn't stay running. Per advice from
> > friends and family, I changed the fuel filter at the back of the
> > motor with a brand new one that was FULL of fuel. I also changed
> out
> > the water seperator and filter under the LP compartment door. I
> > removed, refilled, and reinstalled the engine bay fuel filter a
> > number of times. Each time priming it with the primer.
> >
> > After removing the air filter, the bus would start and run if I
> shot
> > and kept shooting starting fluid down the intake. After a
while,
> it
> > seemed to be able to sustain on its own. I had to keep the
> throttle
> > pulled back to keep it idling a little over 1200. While the
tach
> > indicated steady RPM's, the cloud out the back indicated
> sputtering
> > within. Again, after a while it would run on its own, seem to
run
> > well, but not for long before it would start to sputter. At
that
> > point, I would remove the new fuel filter and find it to be only
> > about 1/4 full of fuel - making me to believe that it died when
> the
> > fuel filter ran out of fuel. When removing the new filter, at
the
> > point when the seal breaks, it gives out that "shtook" popping
> sound
> > as though it were under heavy suction.
> >
> > Another interesting thing is that after having been run, I would
> > turn the valve on the water seperator. Not only would the
liquids
> > not just stream out - it would "burble and chug" out the bottom
> but
> > only do so after it looked like it sucked air IN - as though
there
> > were a natural vacuum.
> >
> > After having the vacation already wrecked, I need to focus on
> > getting it back up and running again ASAP. I read a post on the
> > vintagebirds.com site in which a gentleman indicated that he had
an
> > 81 with a 1/2 tank that acted like he was out of fuel and that
he
> > added more fuel and it behaved as long as he kept it above the
1/2
> > tank level until he did something with a 1/4" copper line.
> >
> > I'm unclear as to what he did to fix it and cannot contact him.
> >
> > Is it a common problem for a bird such as mine to ALL OF A
SUDDEN
> > act like it has a heavy fuel restriction or act like its out of
> > gas? My uncle seems to think its acting like it's sucking air
> into
> > the line or there is a restriction.
> >
> > Please help, I'm desperate. Any help, suggestions, or anything
> > would be HUGELY appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks, John in Flint.