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1991 GV New owner

Many questions about my new to me coach which by the way I absolutely LOVE. Coach is a 1991 Grand Villa U280 3208 Cat motor
1.
 I have a fiberglass fan ( the exploding kind ) The Flexalite # listed in a 2 year old post does not bring up any matches . Does anyone have a current part # ?
2.
There is a fairly substantial exhaust leak where the tubes leading to the turbos attach to the exhaust manifold. It leaks on both sides fairly bad. Anyone know it there is a gasket there ? The flex/ bellows part between the turbo and the actual exhaust manifold appear to be new parts. They are a stainless steel. I am sure I am loosing boost because of the leak but certainly am not unhappy with current power output. I also really worry about the exhaust leaking into the coach.
Thanks
JOHN

John Madsen

Re: 1991 GV New owner

Reply #1 –
Any kind of exhaust leak has the potential of getting worse and damaging components. How about a photo where the leak is? Smart phone photo will be fine. One member had his coach burn up because of an faulty repair on the turbo/exhaust system.

Diesels produce very low amounts of CO. Toxic above 35ppm but doubtful it could ever get that high. While hard to kill yourself,  the exhaust will give you a pretty good headache.

Pierce
Pierce and Gaylie Stewart
'93 U300/36 WTBI
Detroit 6V-92TA Jake
1140 watts on the roof
SBFD (ret)

Re: 1991 GV New owner

Reply #2 –
Will get a photo at Lunch today !
JOHN
John Madsen
 

Re: 1991 GV New owner

Reply #3 –
Quote from: madsen –
Many questions about my new to me coach


John - please consider starting a new topic (with a descriptive title) for each of your questions.  It makes it MUCH easier for folks to answer and so much more useful for people searching in the future.  Lumping multiple questions under one topic makes for a lot of work for the moderators if they have to split them out or you wind up with a topic that's such a mish-mash of discussions no one can follow it.
Learn every day, but especially from the experiences of others. It's cheaper!  - John C. Bogle

2000 U320 36' non-slide / WildEBeest Rescue
2003 U320