| Not a good break in drive...home on the hook [message #283347] |
Mon, 27 July 2015 22:20  |
kerry pinkerton
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Registered: July 2012
Location: Harvest, Al
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Did a short drive Saturday and everything was fine. Headed out this morning to put a hundred miles or so on the new cam before we headed out to a rally. Got about 15 miles and the coach started coughing and missing. Got off at the next exit and it idled fine. Also the oil temp was showing very high...275 degrees. Cooled right down.
Headed back toward home and it was missing bad. Tach was swinging wildly which made me think ignition but it sure acted like fuel.
Got off at the next exit at a truck stop. Idled fine, oil cooled right down. Changed the module...no spark. Put the old module back in...no spark. Checked the new pickup coil and it was open. Oh, and the Onan was running like crap and wouldn't hold the AC unit. The automatic transfer switch kept dropping out. Onan finally was running on one cylinder and I just shut it off. Shortly it was 112 in the coach and 97 outside.
At that point I called Allstate road service and ordered a wrecker. This was about 1 pm. About 45 minutes later they called and said that the wrecker would be there at 3:45. Checked at 3:30...on the way...and 4:30....and 5:30...and 6:30. At 7 I cancelled them and called Allstate back and went home. A buddy had been hanging out with me at the truck stop for the previous 6 hours. About the time I got the 15 miles home, Allstate called and said the wrecker was at the coach and did I still want to cancel them. I told them no if they would wait 20 minuted for me to get their. They did and we dropped the dead coach in her parking space about 9:45.
Not the best day I've ever had. I'll put in my spare distributor tomorrow and see if it fires and go from there. The swinging tach still makes me think it's electrical. I changed the pickup coil back in the early stages of my engine woes so it could be an early failure of a Chinese component. Certainly would not be the first time.
Ken Henderson said the hot oil is probably because I put 6 quarts in and it was frothing. I sure hope that is it. I'll drain a quart and see what happens.
Kerry Pinkerton - North Alabama
Had 5 over the years. Currently have a '06 Fleetwood Discovery 39L
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