Running With Schneider!

Well, its been a little while since I checked in here, to tell the truth, I have a hard time detailing my daily/weekly activities. But this past month has been tough. In the middle of Feb, we were in Lewiston ME and noticed a coolant leak, so we took it to the Kenworth shop there, after taking a look at, they determined it was a leaking head gasket and had the time to get it done. After a week of ordering parts and doing the labor we finally got the truck back. After a 1000 miles, it started leaking again in the same place, so I decided I was going to get it back to Portland,OR (home). We were putting a 1/2 gallon of coolant a day into it, but made it back to Portland. Took it to the KW shop there. A couple of days later they said, that they replaced the head, and gaskets, only to have it leak again in the same place. So, between dealing with Kenworth coporate, and SFI over the course of a few days and a weekend. They decided to replace the entire engine, when then took a week to get....long story short, we were down 3 weeks in Portland. Thankfully we were at our home town, where our family and vehicle is parked. Note: we dont have a home anymore, so were in the Hotel for the whole 3 weeks, which we finally got KW to pay for. Anyway, now we are back on the road, and for the most part, all is well. We still have a couple of minor issues, but nothing that will stop us from making money. BTW, this is in a 2014 KW T680 with 50K miles.

 

What engine was it WingRider???

 

Did they at least give you a KW key chain for your troubles?!

 

Paccar MX motor

 

Nope

 

It's running the same with one exception, the old engine had a lot of turbo backfire when shifting as well as the coolant leak, now no more backfire and no more leak

 

Hey atruckr I may have missed it somewhere, but does the tripac e last for most of your 10 hr break? Can you dump the airbags on your 2013?