Wild Generator Oil Pressure

[Leroy A. Eckert]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "freewill2008"
wrote:

You can easily check the gauge function for integrity by going here.
http://downloadingfiles.co.uk/teleflexfi...ystems.pdf
Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40 Smoke N Mirrors
Dahlonega, GA
Royale Conversion
>
> Hi Gus -
>
> The oil pressure guage is surely electric. The genset engine
> controls would also be electric and possibly electronic.
>
> Now, you also mention the battery is low or dead. Your electric
> guages and engine controls will certainly be erratic if the voltage
> is wrong.
>
> Try charging (and doing whatever is needed to KEEP a charge) and then
> see how everything works.
>
> Best of luck.
>
> Bob Griesel '84 FC31 WLII WA
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gus" wrote:
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> >
> >
> > On my last trip, I noticed the generator oil pressure bouncing
> wildly
> > between 80 & 120. I did not notice it creep up. It had been just
> under 30
> > psi for most of the trip (15hours). Water temperature was at 160
> F. I was
> > alarmed so I hit the switch to turn it off. It did not shut down.
> I pulled
> > over, opened the generator bay and access to the controls. I hit
> the off
> > switch at the box and nothing. The engine did not feel too hot to
> the
> > touch. The radiator and the coolant reservoir did not feel too hot
> either.
> > I was still alarmed so I pulled the fuse to shut it down. I
> reinserted the
> > fuse and tried to start it, but was unsuccessful. I then checked
> the
> > battery and it was dead.
> >
> >
> >
> > Other information:
> >
> >
> >
> > 1) I had just replaced the battery and was aware that the
> battery was
> > not being charged by the battery charger or the generator.
> >
> > 2) As I was trying to shut the generator off, I noticed that
> the switch
> > was lit dim. Is that because the batt. Was dead (8 volts)?
> >
> > 3) As I was checking the battery, I felt a very small
> electric charge
> > on my left knee which was touching the bus frame. Should I be
> concerned? I
> > will investigate that charge further tomorrow morning. It may be
> unrelated.
> >
> > 4) I am now charging the battery so I can try to start the
> generator in
> > the morning. I think it will start but I will not let it run for
> long until
> > I figure out the Pressure problem. Is battery voltage required to
> shut it
> > off?
> >
> > 5) Right now all the gauges read zero except for the oil
> pressure.
> > The needle is stuck at 60 psi.
> >
> > 6) By the way, I have a 13 kw generator with a Yanmar engine.
> >
> >
> >
> > Any help is greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Gus Rodriguez
> >
> > 89 pt40 8v92
> >
>