Lost all my air pressure overnight?

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  1. bigcountry30

    bigcountry30 Light Load Member

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    What would cause your air pressure to drain out to empty overnight? I parked had full air pressure and shut the truck off, when I woke up this morning i had lost all air pressure. Do I have a leak somewhere causing this? Normally I would still have full air pressure in the morning.
     
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  3. ITSec

    ITSec Bobtail Member

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    Did you drain your air tanks before shutting down for the night? I did this once and one of the the drain valves stuck partially open, I always checked them after that.
     
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  4. walleye

    walleye Road Train Member

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    Yes,.......I would say you have a air leak,.............
     
  5. ibflat2

    ibflat2 Light Load Member

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    remember that a truck is made up of like 10,000 parts, and many of them are air related and control air pressure.

    You can have a stuck drain valve on your air dryer, a leaky glad hand rubber, a leaky air bag, or other things. And then you could of bumped your shifter lever a bit and moved it just a small bit and allow air to leak.

    But it sounds like you have an air leak
     
  6. blanco

    blanco Road Train Member

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    what type of truck? The older Volvos had push fittings that have O-rings that become brittle and crack. I installed compression fittings to get rid of the air leaks.
     
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  7. bigcountry30

    bigcountry30 Light Load Member

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    It's an 05 Volvo. That may be the problem. I'll check it out.
     
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  8. Powder Joints

    Powder Joints Subjective Prognosticator

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    Reduce your pictures before uploading.
     
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    Maybe you had a active night..... A really bid lizzy.
     
  10. bigcountry30

    bigcountry30 Light Load Member

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    LMAO! No that definitely wasn't the case.
     
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  11. Emulsified

    Emulsified Road Train Member

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    there are so many places the leak can come from however, to isolate some of them, (if the problem continues), set both the trailer and tractor brakes for the night. If it leaks, it's in your tractor. If it's ok, its in the trailer and or gladhand grommet.
    Most common place I've found these things are the glad hands. Improperly seated, bad grommet are most common.
    Other place to check if it's in the tractor, is the bleed valves on your air tanks.
     
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