paulkearnusic
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Anyone have any ideas or experience of the normally aspirated Chevy 6.2 litre diesel engine fitted to my American Tiffin motorhome?
It was working 'spot on' on the last trip towing our Fiat tow car (I'm in a wheelchair - so I'm allowed a tow car ).
The last thing it did was climb the 1 in 4 hill (1 in 3 at the bottom) hill to get back to our house.
All seemed fine - although it took all it had to get up the hill until we loaded up last week to go off and enjoy the nice weather. I started the engine to warm up and for a couple of minutes it was fine (started first click as usual). Then, for no reason I could see, it just died and wouldn't start again.
Wind forward and I thought that although we had indicated 1/2 tank perhaps the gauge was faulty - so we added 5 gallons from the spare cans we carry. I went online and found out how to bleed the air out, did all of that (and changed the fuel filter for good measure).
When I tried to start up, it coughed and sputtered into life then smoothed out into the lovely V8 purr - ran for 10 minutes and died again. I re-bled the system and, again, it started ran and died.
I can do the above as many times as I like but it simply won't run longer than 5 mins.
I tried opening the bleed valve and running with it open (catching the diesel in a clear container) and noticed that each time it dies the fuel goes from clear to frothy.
Each time I bleed it the fuel flow is clear for 5 minutes - then it froths up.
It's almost as if we have an intermittent air leak. How could that be?
When it's running, it has full power and is smooth as silk - it's just the frothy fuel that stops it.
Does anyone have any idea what might be going on? I'm at the end of my tether and my disability prevents me from doing anything that requires bending or standing up (broken spine) - but my wife can do those bits under my guidance.
Any ideas or suggestions.very welcome.
Cheers
Paul
It was working 'spot on' on the last trip towing our Fiat tow car (I'm in a wheelchair - so I'm allowed a tow car ).
The last thing it did was climb the 1 in 4 hill (1 in 3 at the bottom) hill to get back to our house.
All seemed fine - although it took all it had to get up the hill until we loaded up last week to go off and enjoy the nice weather. I started the engine to warm up and for a couple of minutes it was fine (started first click as usual). Then, for no reason I could see, it just died and wouldn't start again.
Wind forward and I thought that although we had indicated 1/2 tank perhaps the gauge was faulty - so we added 5 gallons from the spare cans we carry. I went online and found out how to bleed the air out, did all of that (and changed the fuel filter for good measure).
When I tried to start up, it coughed and sputtered into life then smoothed out into the lovely V8 purr - ran for 10 minutes and died again. I re-bled the system and, again, it started ran and died.
I can do the above as many times as I like but it simply won't run longer than 5 mins.
I tried opening the bleed valve and running with it open (catching the diesel in a clear container) and noticed that each time it dies the fuel goes from clear to frothy.
Each time I bleed it the fuel flow is clear for 5 minutes - then it froths up.
It's almost as if we have an intermittent air leak. How could that be?
When it's running, it has full power and is smooth as silk - it's just the frothy fuel that stops it.
Does anyone have any idea what might be going on? I'm at the end of my tether and my disability prevents me from doing anything that requires bending or standing up (broken spine) - but my wife can do those bits under my guidance.
Any ideas or suggestions.very welcome.
Cheers
Paul