Diesel engine question
We are starting to look at moving up from our TT to an A class. Have been shying away from diesel coaches for a couple of reasons, 1 cost and 2 is possibly an incorrect thought. I have always been...
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cmeade wrote:
My dad left his 40 ft Eagle bus conversion with 8/92 Detroit Diesel in my back pasture for 3 yrs and then put in 2 new 8D batteries. It cranked about 5 crankshaft revolutions before it started!!
My 8V71 after sitting for 3 years took 2 seconds to fire up.
The 4-5 years old diesel fuel lost some of the performance, but the engine run without smoking.
Carbureted engines were a disaster left for 6 months, but I learned fast to install shut-off valves on boats and run the carburetor dry before winter storage.
My honda mowers come with SOV from the factory, what makes it much easier, but 2 years old gasoline smokes badly.
