| Not Cool, Smoking While Driving [message #174740] |
Wed, 27 June 2012 07:24  |
94nubble
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Registered: July 2011
Location: Chesapeake VA
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My wife and I set out for a weekend at the beach. Our 1st outing in the GMC. The temperature that day was around 90. The dash AC doesn't put out much so, I had read on the forum about running the Onan while driving to power the roof AC was ok. My Onan is a 6k and has always run perfect. About 30 minutes into the drive, I stopped at a light and I look in my rear view mirror and OMG, the guy behind me is buried in smoke comining from the Onan. My wife jumped up and shut it down. I drove into a parking lot and jumped out with a Fire Extinguisher expecting a full blown weeny roast. Nothing.
The Onan was burning oil out the exhaust. Ok, must have lost a ring or a valve. We went on to the camp ground and had a nice weekend. When we got home, I pulled the Onan drawer out and fired it up. It puffed a little smoke for maybe 30sec then nothing. Ran perfect, no noise or any sign of a problem mechanically. It was a half a quart low. I guess bouncing around driving threw oil up into the piston? Scarred the wife pretty bad. Not Cool
Tom McManus
1977 Royale
Chesapeake VA
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| Re: [GMCnet] Not Cool, Smoking While Driving [message #174747 is a reply to message #174740] |
Wed, 27 June 2012 09:36  |
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While sitting, oil drips from the pan gasket onto the muffler. When you
crank it up it starts cooking the now thick layers of oil. It'll smoke like
hell for a while but then all is well.
At least that's my experience. I agree, it does get your attention for a
while.
bdub
-----Original Message-----
From: On Behalf Of Tom McManus
My wife and I set out for a weekend at the beach. Our 1st outing in the GMC.
The temperature that day was around 90. The dash AC doesn't put out much so,
I had read on the forum about running the Onan while driving to power the
roof AC was ok. My Onan is a 6k and has always run perfect. About 30 minutes
into the drive, I stopped at a light and I look in my rear view mirror and
OMG, the guy behind me is buried in smoke comining from the Onan. My wife
jumped up and shut it down. I drove into a parking lot and jumped out with a
Fire Extinguisher expecting a full blown weeny roast. Nothing.
The Onan was burning oil out the exhaust. Ok, must have lost a ring or a
valve. We went on to the camp ground and had a nice weekend. When we got
home, I pulled the Onan drawer out and fired it up. It puffed a little smoke
for maybe 30sec then nothing. Ran perfect, no noise or any sign of a problem
mechanically. It was a half a quart low. I guess bouncing around driving
threw oil up into the piston? Scarred the wife pretty bad. Not Cool
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