Considering Newmar with Cat Diesel - heat?
I am considering a 2003 Newmar Dutchstar with a Cat Diesel that has become available in my area. This unit has 33,000 miles on it, 2,000 hours on the Onan. This unit belongs to a neighbor friend of m...
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Gundog wrote:
My slobber tube is only about 1' long sticking straight down and the end is cut at an angle. I will have to do mine a little differently but with the same concept.
Thanks Mike
Gundog,
The "angle" cut is done that way for a reason. Long, long ago, way before STAR WARS, engine crank case pressure in gas engines, was relieved much the same way in say, the '50s and early '60s. The "blow-by tube" was hung straight down, just like yours and many others, and cut at an angle, just like yours and others. The term they used waaaaaaaaay back then was "Road Draft Tube".
They (the then engineers) calculated the air velocity traveling under the vehicle, would "draft" those fumes/oil mist/crank case pressure, out of the engine, by cutting it at an angle. Well, way back then, it was the best they had.
But, today, in many of our diesel engine, like the CAT 3126 and C-7, that "road draft" system ain't gonna cut it due to potentially improper amount of oil and other reasons. So, just as you're planning, get it extended out towards the bumper/rear cap lower of the coach. And do make sure that, your dip stick is marked correctly for the proper amount of oil for your engine.
Scott
