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Re: Reasoning for Motorhome to quit running
I just experiened a very similar situation with my 89 E350 based motorhome. Last fall on a 2 week vacation, it quit one hot day but restarted after about 30 minutes and never missed another beat for the rest of the trip. Shortly after getting home, I put it away for the winter. This spring, I took it out for a shakedown trip pulling our boat a few weeks before planning to leave on a 1100 mile round trip fishing trip. It stalled 3 times that day. Each time it took longer to restart. I changed the fuel filter and went for a drive the next day. It lost power but didn't stall. Time for the pros to look at it. I took it to a local shop that specializes in trucks and motorhomes. They couldn't get it to fail. I took it home and guess what, serious lack of power and it wouldn't start in the driveway 20 minutes after I parked it. Back to the shop. They eventually decided it had to be a fuel pump and replaced both to be sure. I left for the fishing trip the next day. It ran great the whole time. Must have been one of the pumps, likely the in-tank one. I suggest you find a good reputable shop and have them check it over. Likely it is your in-tank fuel pump and that's not a job for the average shade tree mechanic. My research basically tells me that fuel pumps from that vintage will fail and that the sypmtoms we both experienced are the prelude to failure.572Views0likes0Comments
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