Full quiver
2004 140" Passenger van
I have a 04 Sprinter passenger van
I brought my hunting crew out to the woods on a perfect Vermont hunting day. They could not believe how well the Sprinter van handled on the Class 4 -unplowed roads. I told them it is not invincible but it does okay when the snow is cold. It snowed all day in the mountains we were in.
That evening the tractor would not start and we needed to move hay so the Sprinter was employed (via jumper cables) to boost the battery power on the tractor - reving at about 1500 rpm for 10 -15 minutes.
The next day on the way to church the Sprinter was behaving rather strangely. It was not shifting and needing to because there was not enough torque to go in the gear it was in. At first I thought "transmission" as we have 2 gone and another on its way out in the family fleet. But then I thought "wait - the turbo whine is gone..." We made it to church -rather slowly without further issue.
On the way home from church everything seemed to work normally. :
I am planning a 500 mile trip toward the end of this week for the holidays and I am wondering if I should be concerned about what seems to be an intermittant turbo problem?
I think I remember reading a thread a year or so ago about a similar issue related to driving in snowstorms.
I brought my hunting crew out to the woods on a perfect Vermont hunting day. They could not believe how well the Sprinter van handled on the Class 4 -unplowed roads. I told them it is not invincible but it does okay when the snow is cold. It snowed all day in the mountains we were in.
That evening the tractor would not start and we needed to move hay so the Sprinter was employed (via jumper cables) to boost the battery power on the tractor - reving at about 1500 rpm for 10 -15 minutes.
The next day on the way to church the Sprinter was behaving rather strangely. It was not shifting and needing to because there was not enough torque to go in the gear it was in. At first I thought "transmission" as we have 2 gone and another on its way out in the family fleet. But then I thought "wait - the turbo whine is gone..." We made it to church -rather slowly without further issue.
On the way home from church everything seemed to work normally. :
I am planning a 500 mile trip toward the end of this week for the holidays and I am wondering if I should be concerned about what seems to be an intermittant turbo problem?
I think I remember reading a thread a year or so ago about a similar issue related to driving in snowstorms.