Engine problems....
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 2:15 pm
We bought a 91van, almost 2 years ago, planned on full timing for a little while . Got a great deal on the purchase price.i repainted it, including hundreds of airbrushed rivets, new tires, ripped out the crappy sofa and made a more permanent bed area, to utilize all the space underneath . The generator cranked up fine, them immediately the plastic cooling fan came apart, wrecked it totally . Ripped it out, and used the space for solar batteries.
I've replaced tons of stuff inside, mainly due to brittle plastic.
Anyway, we finally were ready !
We left florida, heading west just before Christmas . We lost an alternator belt just short of Colorado. Got cold there, went to quartzsite for a few weeks, heading into Death Valley, an inverter shorted, causing my brand new A GM batteries to catch fire. Lost one, but still had another that worked. A week later, in pahrump, nv , we blew transmission fluid all over the desert. 2500$ for a rebuilt tranny. Ran fine all the way to Washington. The renters leasing our house called, said they couldn't pay. So , we aborted the trip, came back to florida. 100 miles from home, the check engine light came on. Still ran ok , just a little hesitant. Now, before we left, I changed both fuel tanks, and new pumps.wires , plugs, oil, filters , rotor& distributor cap, fuel pressure valve. Was starting, would run about 5 miles. , stall out, and die. Crank , and pp gas like crazy, and it would stay again, and usually run. Now staying at sisters, cranks , but I'm scared to leave the yard in it. When it's cold started, cranks fine .runs 5 minutes, stalls out, died, flood the engine, it starts back up, but blows fuel out of the exhaust . Greyish black smoke. Just before putting a bullet or 10 in the old girl . Anyone have anything similar to this? I hate to shoot her, but just about there. Fuel pressure test was about 39psi, after the new rail pump was installed. Tons of money invested, getting madder by the minute!
I've replaced tons of stuff inside, mainly due to brittle plastic.
Anyway, we finally were ready !
We left florida, heading west just before Christmas . We lost an alternator belt just short of Colorado. Got cold there, went to quartzsite for a few weeks, heading into Death Valley, an inverter shorted, causing my brand new A GM batteries to catch fire. Lost one, but still had another that worked. A week later, in pahrump, nv , we blew transmission fluid all over the desert. 2500$ for a rebuilt tranny. Ran fine all the way to Washington. The renters leasing our house called, said they couldn't pay. So , we aborted the trip, came back to florida. 100 miles from home, the check engine light came on. Still ran ok , just a little hesitant. Now, before we left, I changed both fuel tanks, and new pumps.wires , plugs, oil, filters , rotor& distributor cap, fuel pressure valve. Was starting, would run about 5 miles. , stall out, and die. Crank , and pp gas like crazy, and it would stay again, and usually run. Now staying at sisters, cranks , but I'm scared to leave the yard in it. When it's cold started, cranks fine .runs 5 minutes, stalls out, died, flood the engine, it starts back up, but blows fuel out of the exhaust . Greyish black smoke. Just before putting a bullet or 10 in the old girl . Anyone have anything similar to this? I hate to shoot her, but just about there. Fuel pressure test was about 39psi, after the new rail pump was installed. Tons of money invested, getting madder by the minute!