90WLSP36 Smoke and heat

[williamcharrison]

Thanks George,
I tried an experiment, I kept the bird in our heated warehouse
over the weekend and when I started it this morning there was little
or no oil smoke. By the way, how do you turn on the engine
preheat?

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "mrdonut12"
<mrdonut12@y...> wrote:
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>
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> Chuck,
> Although the smoke is getting worse, the weather is also
getting
> colder. It may just be cold weather that's causing the smoke.
> Last winter, mine smoked so bad when started on a very cold
day
> that it appeared someone should call the Fire Dept. ;o)
> I found my engine heater had quit working. I went to NAPA and
> bought a 2,000 watt engine heater.
> If I pre-heat the engine, it barely smokes at all, but if the
> engine is bone-cold when I start it, it can produce significant
smoke.
> The 3208 has no glow plugs, so it's extremely inefficient on a
> cold start and that's where the smoke comes from.
> Pre-heat your engine before starting and if that reduces the
> smoke significantly, it may not even be broken, just a 3208.
> Regarding the engine temp, you need to go to a Cat dealer and
get
> the "thermostat kit" so you have good quality thermostats (it uses
2).
> Running the engine below operating temp isn't good for the
engine.
> If fact, I believe in changing thermostats about every 3 years as a
> maintenance item. A bad thermostat can have a significant impact
on
> an engine and I don't like risk. Better safe than sorry.
>
> George Witt
> 81 FC 35
> Lincoln, Nebraska
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "williamcharrison"
> wrote:
> >
> > Just recently my bird began to blow blue oil smoke when it was
cold.
> > This symptom has gradually gotten worse over the last 3 months.
> > After warmup the smoke disappeared (after 10 min or so). I took
it
> > to the local Cat dealer who discovered that the turbo was shot.
> > He replaced the turbo ($4000.00 +) and the oil smoke is worse
than
> > before, what's more, the engine will not heat to above 160 deg.
> > whereas before it ran at 190 deg. The dealer says I have to run
it
> > hard to clean the engine out but I have to get the engine temp
up.
> > The oil temp also does not go up over 170 deg. Does this sound
like
> > symptoms of a stuck thermostat? If so, how hard is it to
replace and
> > what would cause the excessive oil smoke?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chuck Harrison
> > Akron, Ohio
> > 90 WL SP36
> >
>