Yahoo Message Number: 62527 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/62527)
Many of you will remember my symptoms,
-Excess black smoke
-Low power
-Transmission not shifting into highest proper gear on cruise -Engine skipping or bucking
All folowing the purchase of fuel at Nambe reservation truck stop north of Santa Fe. The fuel was gray in color and filthy.
I changed the primary filter in Chama before driving to Santa Fe. I did not change the secondary as I could not get one in time for my departure. There was no help at all.
While at SF for a week I was able to get three of each primary and secondary fuel filters. I changed both before my departure this morning. I also topped off the tank with 60 gallons of fresh fuel from a busy supplier. The result is that all symptoms vanished. The coach ran as it always had before the suspect fuel.
The take away lessons:
-Bad fuel can result in seemingly unrelated symptoms -The Silverleaf is a great tool to highlight problems -Always carry a full set of fuel filters -Silverleaf does not simply use RPM and throttle position to compute the torque. I don't know what it does but it does not do that
George in Birmingham(Headed home with a stay at Vernon, TX) '04 Allure 31038
Yahoo Message Number: 62530 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/62530)
Glad to hear you are back on the road and running well. Thanks for the heads up - good information to know, I'll pick up a set of spare filters tomorrow.
Mark Peterson
03 Allure #30916