Re: [MV] 5 ton power

Ryan it sounds as if you might also give the fuel tank/tanks a good purge
too and before new filter.

Best regards from David Gudmunsen

on 2/13/05 04:57, Ryan Gill at [email]rmgill@mindspring.com[/email] wrote:
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> At 7:57 PM -0600 2/12/05, Adam Suess wrote:[color=green]
>> Most of the 5 tons I've driven are gutless right
>> after shifting to 4th gear. It's just too big of
>> a jump in the gearing and the engine is below
>> it's torq curve thus no power untill it picks up
>> a few rpms. My Mack does ok at low rpms but the
>> cummins and multi fuel take some time to pick up
>> speed. If you have not changed your fuel filter
>> in a while it could help. Good luck.[/color]
>
> Actually it'll be the fuel filter in my case. I'd
> drained it before and gotten fuel and water out,
> thinking I'd gotten all the water out. Turns out
> there was more in there. I pulled the fuel filter
> element today an there was about a quart of water
> and sludge in there, so I'm getting a new filter
> (or two).
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