Re: [MV] oil spewing genset

From: Derek Strine (minimade@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Wed Aug 06 2003 - 17:12:29 PDT


I had a mule which had a bad fuel pump diaphragm....fuel does displace oil
causing oil under pressure to bubble forth out of various orifices. A fuel
pump rebuild and new oil/filter and we were back on the road...Derek
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Stansbury" <chris_stansbury@hotmail.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 3:26 PM
Subject: [MV] oil spewing genset

> Hey Guys,
> My brother bought a MEO-016C genset last year. When the seller test fired
> it for him it ran great, didn't smoke, made good power for him, etc...
But,
> a few weeks ago, the power went out and my fired up the genset, which ran
> great for about 5-10 minutes and then all of a sudden it started spewing
oil
> out of the seals. It was coming out around the oil filter seal and the
rear
> main into the fan box. He shut it down and checked it and it wasn't
> overfilled with oil or anything weird like that. It has a CDR or PCV on
it
> which feeds into the air intake and he said it was working fine too.
> Anybody have this problem? Any thoughts? Thanks
>
>
>
> Chris Stansbury, O.D.
> 1301 Lee Street East
> Charleston, WV 25301
> 304-343-3363
>
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