From: Caleb Pal, Network Operations (sysop@spitfire.homelinux.com)
Date: Sun May 16 2004 - 20:28:51 PDT
Hello all,
Well I got the truck to convert to run vegetable oil. Still a lot of paper
work to go, but getting there. I am currently "Borrowing" the truck to
collect data on warm up times, plumbing, etc. Its a 1971 (I think) M35A2
with a 1990 Hercules multi-fuel. It has some small glitches when I go to
start it after it has sat for more than half a day. So I will go out about
2pm, jump in, flip the main switch, transfer is in nuetral, tranny in
nuetral, airshift out, parking brake on, and when I start it, I don't hit
the accelerator at all. I hit the red button, it starts, sits below 500 rpms
barely running, and then dies. I tried this a few times. Next I start it and
give it some accelerator, maybe a 1/4 to half inch of pedal. It fires off,
but kind of races between 700 and 800 rpms for the first five minutes about.
When its racing, it puts out a bit of blue smoke on the low, at 700 rpms. It
completes one cylce (from 800, to 700, back to 800) in 1 second, give or
take. Once it sits for about 5 minutes, it quits racing, the smoke fades to
barely a bit of blue smoke, then its good to go. Ill drive it for 20+ mins,
come back, and its not smoking, idling like it just got a tune up. I will
then let it idle for 5 minutes for turbo cooldown (its a -1d). I will come
back about 2-3 hours later, get in, fire it off, it will sit running at 500
for about a second, give or take again, and it will go right to 800 and idle
fine. I have some ideas, possibly dirty injectors, dirty fuel filters or IP
problem? Anyone had this problem, or any ideas? Its not a huge deal, but I
would like to figure it out.
Thanks a ton!
Caleb
Military Vehicles I regularly drive or own:
1952 GMC XM211 2.5 Ton Cargo Truck W/Winch (Mine)
1952 GMC M135 2.5 Ton Cargo Truck (Mine)
1984 M1009 "CUCV" 3/4 Ton Multi-Purpose Vehicle (Mine)
1986 M1008 "CUCV" 1 1/4 Ton Truck (FD)
1971 M35A2 AMG 2.5 Ton Cargo Truck (FD)
1954 M107A2 400 Gallon Water Buffalo (FD)
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