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[fred89sp]

Sensor is after the turbo on my 89SP.

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, dspithaler@a... wrote:
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> My 89 SP Run about the same on level ground. It usually is around
800 on
> hills it goes to 900 then 1000 & I saw at 1100 on a grade on I-77
in Virginia
> last year. I wander if the sensor is before the turbo and not after
& if it is
> correct. I hear so many different readings it makes you wander if
yours is
> right & if they are installed in the right place. I hope mine
shifts down
> sooner after I had that upgraded E-prom installed this fall.
> Don
> 89 SP 36'
> Butler, PA With snow on the ground This Thanksgiving Day
>
> Hi Shane
> Blue-Bird Book says 900F, Caterpillar says don't exceed 1300F, some
> consider the range between 900 and 1250 the yellow caution range,
while 1300 is RED
> Line.
> I cannot even cruise slowly on level ground with only 650. My
cruise on
> level ground and no headwind is about 700 +/- 10.
> Go figure... ???
> Juergen in PA
> 1991 WLSP36
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> sfedeli3 <sfedeli3@c...> wrote: Hi Guy & Juergen,
> I've climbed many of the passes out west pedal to the metal in my
> PT40 and never have seen my pyro over 650 in the summer. Did El
> Cajon, Wolf Creek and the Grapevine all in July heat. Temps were 195
> Water and 230 Oil/Tranny. My turbo seems to get hotter with
> thicker "cold" oil and yesterday I saw 725 and got scared. What
> should the pyro max out at?
> Shane Fedeli
> 85PT40
> Hershey, PA
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> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "guysmalley"
> wrote:
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> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, john duke
> wrote:
> > >
> > > To all BB guys
> > > I have a question about climbing in a Blu-Bird. I have my WLSP
> 36 now for 10 years
> > and I keep looking at mountain grades more and more. My last BIG
> endevour was the
> > Calif. Tehachapi pass from Bakersfield on up to where the
> windmills are. I pushed the
> > coach as hard as I could and saw Pyro reach 1050 at times and
> boost 15+. Water and Oil
> > temps were never over 190F Tranny was also in limits(95C). I
> passed almost every truck
> > on that climb.(Towing my jeep wrangler). Yet I keep watching the
> grades and reading
> > about them if they are listed.
> > > Going into Yosemite from the west, I would not take my BB up
> those grades, yet I saw
> > all kinds of busses and motorhomes going right in there. WHAT is
> the limit that a Blue-
> > Bird can do?? Am I too timid or over cautious in generalor is a
> 10% grade too much? I
> > would love to hear of some of your experiences.
> > > Thanks
> > > Juergen in PA
> > > 1991 WLSP36
> > >
> > Juergen,
> > I worry more about the swith backs than the grade if you take your
> time gear it right it
> > would go up almost anything. I am a cyclist and riden all over the
> country (including the
> > road to Yosemite) so I am aware of grades. what I do in real steep
> climbs= winding roads
> > is to have my wife drove the tow car. less strain it is not
> nessasary but on hard swithbacks
> > it is just easyer. also I research roads before hand so not to get
> into a bad situation.
> > bottom line most roads that you would bring the BB on would be
> under 12% which a
> > pusher would do.
> >
> > guy smalley
> > 86 pt40
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