steamup failure

pauly · Post by **pauly** » Mon May 04, 2009 4:45 pm

had Ferrysteam round for a steamup today which failed really, his edrig couldnt raise pressure and keep it so every lap or so it had to stop and take a 10 minute breather before it could move off again :-|

still took pics though

and it gave me a chance to run my accucraft coach

raisng steam (again!)

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Mon May 04, 2009 5:01 pm

Nice piccys, shame about the problem, what was causing it?

pauly · Post by **pauly** » Mon May 04, 2009 5:46 pm

well I think it was a combination of the cold, the wind and that the loco isnt properley run in yet

but ferrysteams going to take it apart and see if theres anything else that could be causing it.

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Mon May 04, 2009 10:34 pm

pauly wrote:well I think it was a combination of the cold, the wind and that the loco isnt properley run in yet

but ferrysteams going to take it apart and see if theres anything else that could be causing it.

Partially blocked gas jet? (ie not enough heat?)

Nice pics, that combination reminds me of Will's train!

ptlrcecil · Post by **ptlrcecil** » Tue May 05, 2009 11:28 am

I was thinking blocked gas jet myself. If the loco is new it probably has a bit of flux in the gas tank.

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