Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 11:26:25 -0700
Reply-To: Dan Lamb <vanagongramps@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Dan Lamb <vanagongramps@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Engine quite, restart after <>10 minutes
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Gas tank venting plugged? Starving because can’t let air into tank. Can try opening fuel tank filler. If u hear a whoosh, that prolly it
Dan
Country Homes Camper, the Huckleberry Sky
> On Aug 10, 2019, at 10:49 AM, William Monk <billmonk@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Do you recall if you were able to see the tach when it quit? Did it drop instantly or still follow the engine speed?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Aug 10, 2019, at 1:12 PM, Ray Brubaker <rayandmerle@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> thanks for the quick reply. I have considered the filter but wondered how
>> it would be passing enough fuel for a high power run on the express way and
>> then die at idle. And why would it then work again after 10 min? It seems
>> to be temp related but I can't figure out how. I don't have a new filter
>> handy, I may have an old one that was removed at an engine change that was
>> still working. It is easy to change.
>>
>> Ray
>>
>>> On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 12:45 PM <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> First thought is fuel filter. And easy to swap out.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 9:35 AM Ray Brubaker <rayandmerle@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi, Thanks for this great list. I have read it regularly for years but
>>>> don't recall reading about what just happened to be me. I have a '89 Blue
>>>> Star auto original 2.1. I drove to the airport, 25 mi, to pickup my son
>>>> and family. Returning with a full load, 8 people, ( I modified to use the
>>>> two seat slide in middle seat with one rear facing seat at the door)
>>>> youngest grandchild is 15, and a full load of luggage. Had gotten off the
>>>> express way after cruising at 70 for about 15 min. and was in stop and go
>>>> traffic for another 15 min. when I stopped at a red light. The engine came
>>>> to idle then sputtered a few times and quite. Cranking, it would sputter a
>>>> few times but wouldn't start. Pushed it into a median. Unloaded the back,
>>>> checked the engine, found nothing amiss, checked that the fuel pump was
>>>> working normally, tank was 3/4 full (tank was new about a year ago). We
>>>> were running with AC on, temp was in mid range, not overheated. After
>>>> about
>>>> 10 min. I was able to get it to start and got going again. Slipped it into
>>>> neutral and kept it revved a little at every stop but it still quite the
>>>> same way in about 10 min. This time I felt the fuel pump while my son
>>>> cranked the engine and thought I felt and heard something that may have
>>>> been cavitation. Again after about 10 min. it started and we drove home,
>>>> about 15 min., with no incident ( I left the AC off). Yesterday I checked
>>>> fuel pressure, 33 psi with vac connected, 39 with it disconnected, normal.
>>>> Checked leak-down, normal, about 1 psi in a half hour.
>>>>
>>>> It seems like it is fuel related. To me it acted like vapor lock but that
>>>> shouldn't happen to a running injected engine.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any thought on this problem,
>>>>
>>>> Ray
>>>>
>>>
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