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kratedisease
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Aug 14, 2015

Ford V10 engine surging idle and power , help please ??

I have a 2000YR ford V10 chassis on a thor hurricane. The RV has 25,000 miles. When we recently took a trip from New York to Nashville TN, I noticed that the engine surges a bit at idle. Even d...
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carp65
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Sep 24, 2015
While on I-35 in OK, driving in a rain storm, our V-10 began running very
poorly, surging and losing power. Made it to an RV repair place and when
I explained the problem to the tech he knew immediately what was wrong. Our
air filter had collapsed and the motor was being starved for air. Repair took
less than a half hour and the motor purred like a kitten.

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