Re; Sluggish 8V

[Michael Bulriss]

Bill, Glad to hear you guys found the exhaust to turbo leaks and got Powell running better. I tend to view internal combustion engines as just pretty simple big air pumps and once running they only need a few things to continue to run: fuel, air, and compression (diesel) and/or spark in the case of gas engines. When you are running good on the highway and then exit and stop at a red light and old ladies on walkers beat you across the intersection on the green, those exhaust flanges need to be checked as a potential culprit, because if it was fuel related you most probably would not have been running good at speed on the highway either (witness clogged fuel filters). Every now and again, when checking stuff while the engine's cold, I shake those two exhaust to turbo pipes just to make sure they are still tight. Those old V92s shake stuff loose and they need all the air and fuel they can get to start to move those big Birds. See you folks soon. TGIF Mike Bulriss - not too good on electrics, but halfway decent on propulsion 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan" San Antonio, TX --- On Fri, 11/9/12, Wilhelmus Schreurs wrote: From: Wilhelmus Schreurs Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Re; Sluggish 8V To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, November 9, 2012, 6:00 AM Some of you fellows might remember Powell Brown's coach during the Balloon fest this year. His symnptoms sounds just like Jerry's, painfully slow on start but once when up to 1500 rpm the power was there. We have been chasing the problem for the past two weeks, and took Mike's advice, but first only did one side, and it seemed to help, then finally we did the other side and although not quite as quick as "Vadies" it seems to have a lot more getty up and go. Yes, 3 of the 4 flanges were leaking, not much either. The revs come up a lot faster. Bill 1988 40WB XXV "Anniversary Special Edition" Kitimat, B.C. Canada eh