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Share your adventures! / River Adventures
« on: July 23, 2015, 09:21:53 pm »
Took the EVC on a river trip. Well, we didn't take the van on the river but used it to get to the put, run the shuttle, and return. The trip up from Corvallis, Oregon to The Dalles, Oregon (about 3.5 hours driving) went fine towing the raft on the trailer. We camped at the take-out for the river with some good friends. They had just given up on their Vanagon and raft/trailer set-up similar to ours. Here's a picture both of us parked next to each other for the night. Instead of their Vanagon, they got an A-Liner pop up and pack their gear in a Toyota Tacoma pickup.
We were camped at Deschutes State Park which was nice but campers were packed in like sardines and trains ran all night blowing their whistles.
Next day was HOT (100+). We packed up and headed to the put in which is an hours drive up and over a pass (about 2000'). On one of the last climbs, the check engine light popped on and we lost some power and the engine seemed to be missing under high torque situations like going up hill, towing a trailer (1000+ pounds with all the food and gear), and carrying 4 people (3 adults and a 9 year old). We were more than halfway to put-in without any towns nearby on Sunday, so we kept going. Got to put-in, rigged rafts, and then got in the rigs to run shuttle (bring cars back to take-out). Here I am on the way out of the take-out just below Shearer's Falls.
Drove slowly and gently all the way back and parked the van. Left ice cream Oreo Klondikes in the freezer and a cold beer in the fridge (TruckFridge TF-65, DC only) and closed all the shades and opened top vent.
Got a ride back to put in with one of our party in another Toyota Tacoma ( we chipped in and paid someone to drive that truck back to put-in. Then spent the next 3.5 days on the Deschutes River. Next day was again hot, but then it cooled to 85 or so for the last 2 days with some fierce winds. Got to take-out, put raft on trailer and derigged for the trip home.
When the work was done, I enjoyed an ice cold beer, and my family all indulged in the Oreo Klondikes (my lovely wife and 17 year-old son here).
The fridge did a great job keeping things cold and frozen over 4 days with some battery power leftover (2 225-amp hour Trojan T-105s). On the other hand our friends with the brand new A-Liner trailer with a dometic 3-way fridge similar to the original EVC fridges had to throw out a bunch of food because their fridge failed on propane mode! Glad I made the switch to the DC only fridge
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Got a read on the OBD check engine light and it showed "secondary air flow incorrect" and "misfire in cylinder 3". I won't have time to get this checked out until after next week, but any thoughts out there as to what is going on?
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We were camped at Deschutes State Park which was nice but campers were packed in like sardines and trains ran all night blowing their whistles.
Next day was HOT (100+). We packed up and headed to the put in which is an hours drive up and over a pass (about 2000'). On one of the last climbs, the check engine light popped on and we lost some power and the engine seemed to be missing under high torque situations like going up hill, towing a trailer (1000+ pounds with all the food and gear), and carrying 4 people (3 adults and a 9 year old). We were more than halfway to put-in without any towns nearby on Sunday, so we kept going. Got to put-in, rigged rafts, and then got in the rigs to run shuttle (bring cars back to take-out). Here I am on the way out of the take-out just below Shearer's Falls.
Drove slowly and gently all the way back and parked the van. Left ice cream Oreo Klondikes in the freezer and a cold beer in the fridge (TruckFridge TF-65, DC only) and closed all the shades and opened top vent.
Got a ride back to put in with one of our party in another Toyota Tacoma ( we chipped in and paid someone to drive that truck back to put-in. Then spent the next 3.5 days on the Deschutes River. Next day was again hot, but then it cooled to 85 or so for the last 2 days with some fierce winds. Got to take-out, put raft on trailer and derigged for the trip home.
When the work was done, I enjoyed an ice cold beer, and my family all indulged in the Oreo Klondikes (my lovely wife and 17 year-old son here).
The fridge did a great job keeping things cold and frozen over 4 days with some battery power leftover (2 225-amp hour Trojan T-105s). On the other hand our friends with the brand new A-Liner trailer with a dometic 3-way fridge similar to the original EVC fridges had to throw out a bunch of food because their fridge failed on propane mode! Glad I made the switch to the DC only fridge
.Got a read on the OBD check engine light and it showed "secondary air flow incorrect" and "misfire in cylinder 3". I won't have time to get this checked out until after next week, but any thoughts out there as to what is going on?
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And I got cool new covers to replace the plastic vent covers that were needed for the propane function of the original fridge. 