Smoke in cab - burning eyes

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  1. 062

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    New batteries
     
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  3. Okie Trucker Girl

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    I only noticed it when I opened the curtain and saw the white smoke/cloudiness. And it burnt my eyes a little so I rolled down the window after shutting it off to air it out. No dizziness though
     
  4. Okie Trucker Girl

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    There is a smell but I can’t pin down what it smells like. How would I be able to tell if it’s the batteries?
     
  5. Lazer

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    Take the cover off the battery compartment and take a look. One or more of the batteries will be wet on top, or very hot to the touch.
     
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  6. Socal Xpress

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    Rotten egg smell. Sulfur
     
  7. jason6541

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    Check the exhaust on your bunk heater. there is a rubber gasket between it and the cab where it mounts, they do deteriorate also check the clamp where exhaust pipe mounts to heater.
    on older models it is a flex pipe material
    Could be leaking, also intake for heater usually has same flex pipe and both are notorious for leaking after awhile.
    Also if wind is blow just right it will blow exhaust from heater back under cab and bunk heater will suck up the exhaust in to intake and blow into the cab. May not be your issue but worth checking
     
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  8. Okie Trucker Girl

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    The bunk heater is new I just installed it about 2 months ago. I will keep an eye on that though. It only happens when truck is turned on
     
  9. Ridgeline

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    Idle your truck, run the truck heater pulling in fresh air, roll down one window an inch and turn off the bunk heater until it is checked out.

    Who did the install on the bunk heater?

    how is the exhaust routed from it?
     
  10. Okie Trucker Girl

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    the issue I’m having is coming from the truck heater not the bunk heater
     
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  11. xsetra

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    Could be the alternator is over charging the batteries. That makes the batteries hot and vent gases. Careful checking this, because the vapor could be explosive.
    This happened once on my truck. I replaced alternator and the batteries.
     
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