Sluggish 8V92

[Jerry]

UPDATE; Tech called today and said he found the number 6 injector is bad.
Basically it is running on 7 cylinders. We also have a slight leak on one of
the exhaust tubes that goes to the turbo.

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Jerry" wrote:
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> I have a "1991 Bluebird Wanderlodge WB40" with a silver "8V92".
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> Lately it has become painfully slow at accelerating from a dead stop. It is
getting to the point of being unsafe to attempt to merge into traffic.
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> Once you get it rolling down the highway, it isn't so bad...I have no problems
maintaining 70mph.
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> Turbo boost will show a bit over 20 for a max, but when accelerating from a
stop, boost is less then 10, and the rpm's just don't want to rev up.
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> When it is first started, when cold, it does not sound as smooth as I thought
it used to.....almost like it has a slight mis. Seems to smooth out once it is
warm.
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> Bought it used with 160,000 miles, it now has a bit over 200,000 miles. The
fuel and air filters have been recently serviced, but I have no knowledge of any
past maintenance history.....so I don't know if there are other issues that need
to be looked at....ie: valve settings, fuel injectors, etc.
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> Has anyone else had this issue, or have any ideas at what I may need to check
to help resolve this problem?
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> Thanks, Jerry
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