Engine blew white smoke died then generator
Well, everything was running fine with this Cummins ISX15 525hp when we stopped on a grade (3% maybe) for one way traffic. Suddenly the eng idled badly and it blew a bunch of white smoke and died. No ...
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My gen intake is set to suck air at about 3/8 level which is common to prevent running dry for the engine. Low level light is about 1/4 tank and E on the gauge is about 100 gal for a 130 gal tank. It's a shallow 7.5' cross tank and all of this is designed to help prevent sucking air which causes a diesel to immediately stop.
