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    6068 John Deere engine smoking and down on power some times

    Thanks so much for the info
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    6068 John Deere engine smoking and down on power some times

    i will pull the filter and see if there is any resistance to spinning the turbo. No wet oily mess in the exhaust system Just smoke and down on power. die to being on an island and no dealers in Colombiastock any parts to speak of I went with mechanical injection low tech works here and we...
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    6068 John Deere engine smoking and down on power some times

    I just received a manual for the engine. Do you think it’s possible the turbo isn’t making enough boost? The generator only has 3k hours on it. I am installing boost gauges on all three of my generators hopefully day after tomorrow. Buying them tomorrow. I am connecting my two new 125kw units in...
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    6068 John Deere engine smoking and down on power some times

    the serial number is PE6068H680504. Model 6068HF150. It’s mechanical injection with a stanadyne pump. do you work for a John Deere dealer? I’m looking for a place to buy parts. The two new 125kw gensets we just received today are non epa 6068 powered unit. I will get the serial numbers for...
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    6068 John Deere engine smoking and down on power some times

    has fresh filters. Good fuel smoke is light grey and the engine doesn’t consume oil
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    6068 John Deere engine smoking and down on power some times

    It’s a non name brand. It’s not a kohler or any other large manufacturer. I just looked up the engine number to confirm it’s the same engine as the other two units we recently purchased. Which is the John Deere 6068 which the military uses in it mep 806 units. And it has a stamford generator...
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    6068 John Deere engine smoking and down on power some times

    It’s a 150kw unit with a Stanford head and Deere power. I have a large island hotel. It’s onLu pushing about 47% of its rated load I was wondering if maybe it was wet stacking some. It’s fine for 4 or 6 hours when started up from cold. Then it starts smoking and not pulling the load. It drops...
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    6068 John Deere engine smoking and down on power some times

    This is odd. I fire up my 150kw generator power by a Deere 6068. It runs fine for four or five hours then starts to labor to pull the load and smokes a lot. I’m only pulley about 50 of its rated capacity. It started doing this about a week ago. Checked the cam and valve and injection pump...
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