Have been trying to find out what our engine problem is for awhile now. Cummins national and Cummins West in Fresno does not know what is causing the engine to have low boost and black smoke out the tail pipe. When we start out after a short warm-up ...
We were heading to one of my grandson's races in Stockton CA. last weekend, temperature was a hovering around 100 degrees (it's a dry heat)Our Onan 8000 quit working, at first I thought maybe we were low enough on fuel and bouncing along on our wonde...
What we thought was a sticking exhaust brake on our MH is now a, They don't know. The exhaust brake checked out good and functioning properly.$515.67 later and Cummins West thinks it could be a faulty turbo.We can start it up one time and we get full...
I had just filled up our mh with 70 gallons of fuel, from the Pilot truck stop in Madera CA.I Drove to Stockton, with my daughter's in-laws following in their mh. When we arrived, I was told the mh was blowing black smoke, (more than usual) but only ...
I thought I would up date the final out come on the low boost with black smoke from my ISL Cummins engine. I was able to get the motorhome in to Diesel Technologies in Fresno CA. yesterday. They called this morning with the news my motorhome was repa...
Trust me when I say, that the ISL is low on horsepower when the problem occurs, Cummins says this particular engine boost should be between 35 - 37 pounds of boost. Cummins also has confirmed there is a problem with this engine, however they have sai...
Just a quick update. The low boost on this ISL Cummins engine is still happening. Cummins Pacific has now told me, they know there is a problem, but they do not know how to fix it, and they do not need my business any longer. I have now made an appoi...
What year is this 8.1? On the older 8.1s there was a problem with the crankshaft sensor getting hot and warping, when this happened the vehicle would shut off. After the sensor cooled down the engine would re-fire and run normal again.
