Our Eagle is dead in the water
Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2017 12:42 pm
Well, my preoccupation with preventative maintenance may have bit me in the butt.
This winter I did a valve adjustment on the Series 60. This is not rocket science, but is a rather complex process. With the engine in the bus, it is also a two person process. I enlisted my grandson to help.
I recently took the bus on a test drive and noted that it occasionally emitted large clouds of white/gray smoke (not water based smoke) and seemed to lack power. I laid the gray smoke off to the engine being cold.
Saturday we were scheduled to drive the bus to Dillon Colorado for our annual camping trip. After a few miles it was obvious that the bus was down on power and, at times, seemed to be running on five cylinders. I turned around and was able to drive it home with minimal problems.
The turbo boost and oil pressure are normal and the fuel filter (Davco 382) shows no signs of a fuel problem.
While we had some fun trips planned, they are now on hold or cancelled, since it will be this fall before I can recheck my work and/or trouble shoot the problem.
All is not lost, as our trips were a bit tentative since two of our daughters have been diagnosed with cancer and we need to stay pretty close to home.
Jim
This winter I did a valve adjustment on the Series 60. This is not rocket science, but is a rather complex process. With the engine in the bus, it is also a two person process. I enlisted my grandson to help.
I recently took the bus on a test drive and noted that it occasionally emitted large clouds of white/gray smoke (not water based smoke) and seemed to lack power. I laid the gray smoke off to the engine being cold.
Saturday we were scheduled to drive the bus to Dillon Colorado for our annual camping trip. After a few miles it was obvious that the bus was down on power and, at times, seemed to be running on five cylinders. I turned around and was able to drive it home with minimal problems.
The turbo boost and oil pressure are normal and the fuel filter (Davco 382) shows no signs of a fuel problem.
While we had some fun trips planned, they are now on hold or cancelled, since it will be this fall before I can recheck my work and/or trouble shoot the problem.
All is not lost, as our trips were a bit tentative since two of our daughters have been diagnosed with cancer and we need to stay pretty close to home.
Jim