80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help
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05-31-2005, 15:07
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80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help
I have no idea what part you are speakig of - but will look tomorrow
to see if I can make sense of it. --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Weaver" > Long shot, but worth checking: > I agree it sounds fuel related, but also check the wire connection > on the fuel solonoid under the dog house to ensure it is tight, and > not intermmittently making/losing connection causing the fuel > solonoid to fluctuate in and out, cutting the flow. > > Dan > > > --- 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. |
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