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Date:         Sat, 26 Feb 2000 03:05:27 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: 84 NA Diesel - loss of 'performance'
Comments: To: Robin Oomkes <robin.oomkes@EURONET.NL>
In-Reply-To:  <38C2A6F6.EA415CFE@euronet.nl>
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Two little points --


At 01:27 PM 3/5/2000 , Robin Oomkes wrote:
>this speed with difficulty. Lots of smoke from exhaust.


Smoke = rich.




>Another note: both batteries (this Westy has factory aux battery) are
>pretty flat, as the van hasn't been driven for a while. Could the load
>on the alternator caused by these two half-charged batteries be so high
>that this would hamper performance of this (50hp only) engine to such an
>extent?


90A alternator (assuming it's putting that out, which it's not) = ~1.25 kw
= ~ 1.68 hp. developed.  With losses I can't see it above 2.25-2.5 hp =
~1.85 kw.


david




David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"
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