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80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help
05-31-2005, 03:43
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80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help
Yup, the Racor also seems to have suction. What you are saying
makes sense to back flush the line. I'm just wondering how much
pressure is "low" and how long do I give it the shot?

How much algae solution should I add?

Anybody have any thoughts as to that other situation that seemed
similar? The text from that link I mentioned is as follows below.

Don't get me wrong, I totally trust all of your shared expertises
and I'm all over the algae situation, but I might as well cover as
many bases and options as I can while I'm at it.

***************************************
"Line for fuel: I have an 81 35 fc that has seen some rough days but
slowly I'm going over different things. All new water lines this
season. But the one thing that was a real nite mare was the fuel
problems. I got stranded in the middle of a Big Bend in Texas. The
coach acted like it was out of fuel tho the guage ,which was always
correct, said I still had a half tank.The closest garage said they
would show up for three grand. I had my tow along and with a few
trips was able to dumped in about 15 gallons and after that never
let the tank get below half and made it home fine. I found out that
the older coaches had 3/4" black pipe for the fuel pick up and that
they can rust and get holes in them. The solution was to solder 1/4"
copper line onto the end of the elbow that enters the tank. I cut
these about 1" short of the bottom of the tank and put them inside
of the old black pipe. Now if I could find someone to repaint my
bird. The one bid I got so far was a little under ten grand. Ouch!
Ted Harms"

***********

I can't thank you guys enough already.

John

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Miller"
wrote:
> Heed well what George said about keeping the tank full and
> maintaining proper algaecide levels. Algae in a tank is a big
problem.
>
> Your comment about the heavy suction at the secondary/engine fuel
> filter indicates a pretty solid blockage upstream. As you didn't
> mention any changes other than the fuel filters, and it sounds
> upstream of the engine filter, look at the Racor filter system
(the
> one next to the LP tank). It also has suction? The chamber around
the
> filter element is the "in" side, so probably further upstream
still.
>
> Check the new Racor filter to see if it has a lot of slime/algae
on
> it. There is a hole in the top of the plastic filter element that
can
> be popped open to bypass the filter in an emergency, but I
wouldn't
> recommend it if you have a serious algae problem.
>
> The next step IMO would be to detach the inlet hose on the RACOR
> filter, open the tank's fuel fill cap, and blow some low-pressure
air
> through the fuel line back to the tank. Listen for bubbles through
> the OPEN fuel filler.
>
> If this clears the line, and you have an algae problem, your
troubles
> are far from over, but at least you've found the source.
>
> - Jeff Miller
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80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help - erniecarpet@... - 05-30-2005, 20:51
80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help - Adria Haynes - 05-31-2005, 00:31
80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help - erniecarpet@... - 05-31-2005, 01:15
80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help - Adria Haynes - 05-31-2005, 01:40
80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help - Harvey Lawrence - 05-31-2005, 02:01
80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help - Adria Haynes - 05-31-2005, 02:16
80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help - George Lowry - 05-31-2005, 02:31
80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help - Adria Haynes - 05-31-2005, 03:13
80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help - Jeff Miller - 05-31-2005, 03:21
80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help - Jeff Miller - 05-31-2005, 03:30
80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help - Adria Haynes - 05-31-2005 03:43
80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help - Adria Haynes - 05-31-2005, 03:58
80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help - erniecarpet@... - 05-31-2005, 04:31
80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help - Adria Haynes - 05-31-2005, 04:32
80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help - Adria Haynes - 05-31-2005, 05:27
80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help - John Stiles - 05-31-2005, 07:28
80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help - Adria Haynes - 05-31-2005, 07:54
80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help - John Stiles - 05-31-2005, 08:24
80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help - randydupree - 05-31-2005, 09:48
80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help - George Lowry - 05-31-2005, 09:59
80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help - Adria Haynes - 05-31-2005, 15:07
80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help - one_dusty_hoot - 05-31-2005, 15:34
80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help - woodland_builders - 05-31-2005, 23:22
80 bird with 3208 cat keeps stalling - PLEASE help - Dennis Nichols - 06-01-2005, 16:49
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