Ok.. my first issue!

Reminds me of a car i drove. It had a minor transmission leak, so i just randomly added more fuel after i would leave work and see the puddle underneath.

Well, one day, i went to visit my parents down state, and my car would not go over 25 mph...so, i turn around and call my dad.

He drove the 2.5 hrs up to see what was going on, and comes in my house just mad as can be. Apparently, i had about a gallon too much fluid in it. He drained it, told me i killed the transmission, and left.

My father was a diesel mechanic. He was so disgusted with me for not actually checking the levels.

 

1st of all, that reservoir is for your clutch. Prostars have always had a hydraulic clutch setup. That wouldn't shut your engine down, you can drive and shift a truck without pressing the clutch. You only need a clutch to stop or start. As for the shutdown, there should be some sort of message on the LCD screen. If not, that is the reason T/A is sending you to the dealer. I have tried to pull codes off of various Prostars I have driven (both Cummins and Maxxfarce powered). Unfortunately International/Navistar makes it almost impossible to read any fault codes once you get them to display. I have gotten them to display (both current and saved codes) but I have never found a complete list of fault codes that have the faults my truck displays. I think they do that on purpose so the dealer has to do the work.

 

What is a Cummings? You can't check the oil in a Cummings.

 

Likely story the T/A 'dropped' the oil plug lol, I believe the techs get a percentage of the billed rate of the work they produce, so it wouldn't be out of the spectrum for these guys to make a little $250 mistake for a chance to capture a few bucks of that from the bill.

 

I don't know about that ... 3 leaking hub seals on a trailer yesterday... They seemed irritated when I insisted that the grease soaked brake pads be replaced.

 

Embarrassing!