Yesterday I was on a small grade on the freeway when my car lost most of it's power and I had to floor it, I still got passed up by an eighteen wheeler!
Once I got to the crest the car appeared to get it's power back. I made it to camp and Kevin. We checked the oil, and had to put in a couple of quarts. I checked it before I left the house, less than 50 miles earlier and I had plenty.
I left camp and could barely make it up the hill to the gate. I went back, we checked the oil again. It was fine.
Kevin got in and drove and it just had no power. We went down the service road and around in a loop. He couldn't get it to shift.
He had just said I had to take the truck home, he didn't see how I was going to get there in the car, when all of a sudden the car started running perfect.
We went back to camp, checked everything we could think of and I headed out.
I was fine until I had to climb a hill over the freeway to the FM road. Again, barely made it up the hill, no power, then just when I came over the crest it was OK.
The rest of the way home, flat or hills it ran like a dog.
I put some Startron in today. Kevin had looked at the fuel filters before I left camp and said the clear one looked dirty. I hope that's my problem.
And the oil consumption now is from the tube running to the bottom at the turbo.
Also, he watched as I left and said it's belching grey smoke. Oh go ahead and tell me. I can take it. Mark sent me a link to a Kent video on rebuilding the turbo.
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Trish Dougherty
PurrFect Harmony Farm
Ennis, TX
http:/purrfectharmonyfarm.intuitwebsites.com
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