90WLSP36 Smoke and heat

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Chuck My 89 SP 36' has the breaker in the box as you come in the door.
There is no switch for it. You have to turn the breaker on for mine.
Don
89 SP 36'
Butler, PA
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:
>
>
>
> 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






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