Re: [MV] oil spewing genset

From: kuhrick@comcast.net
Date: Wed Aug 06 2003 - 17:45:31 PDT


gas/fuel in the oil can/will blow the motor
KEN UHRICK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Strine" <minimade@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 7:12 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] oil spewing genset

> 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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