Strange smoke

[Pete Masterson]

No load, not much fuel draw, not much air required = no smoke.

Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
aeonix1@...
On the road at Ft. Chiswell, VA



On Oct 26, 2008, at 10:30 AM, brad barton wrote:

> Thanks Pete. That goes on my to-do list. It sure went away when I
> temporarily removed the electrical load.
>
> Brad Barton 00LXiDFW bbartonwx@...
>
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> From: aeonix1@...
> Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 09:44:52 -0400
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Strange smoke
>
> Change the air filter. I, too, got a "your bus is on fire" scare when
> excessive black smoke was coming from the generator exhaust. Turns
> out, when the air filter gets clogged up, it causes inefficient
> combustion in the engine, generating a TON of black smoke. Once
> you've replaced the air filter, open the lower exhaust exit, start
> the generator, and be prepared for a huge pile of soot to blow out
> (something for you to clean up...). You might prefer to locate
> yourself where the soot-pile won't present a difficult problem. It
> blows a fair way from the exhaust exit. (i.e. don't park next to a
> white car.)
>
> Pete Masterson
> '95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
> aeonix1@...
> On the road at
>
> On Oct 25, 2008, at 9:37 PM, brad barton wrote:
>
> > Don't know if anyone has had this problem, but my generator
> > apparently "lugged down" for a while.
> > Yes, I should've used glow plugs, but it had been facing the sun at
> > College Station for hours. It started quickly, then I walked back
> > to the thermostat and toggled through all three zones to change the
> > settings from heat to cool. It took a minute or two to get things
> > started. I went inside the building to take care of business, when
> > someone burst into the restroom and told me my bus was smoking.
> > Diesel smoke black as coal was coming out of the generator roof
> > exhaust.
> > I immediately shut off the first AC at the cockpit and the
> > generator smoothed out, sped up and the smoke cleared. I had no
> > other trouble and suppose (hope) I didn't do any damage. That has
> > never happened before.
> > If anyone has any thoughts.....
> >
> > Brad Barton 00LXiDFW bbartonwx@...
>
>
>
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