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Air freezing up 2009 prostar

Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by muff, Dec 20, 2010.

  1. Dec 20, 2010 #1
    muff

    muff Light Load Member

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    Is anyone here having trouble with the air freezing on a prostar. Seems to be secondary system only so far. Mickey mouse air dryer seeems to be the main culprit. If you`re having trouble with your truck,what are you doing to thaw it out. No bottle on truck and yes the tanks are being drained on a regular basis.

    Thanks Muff
     
    muff, Dec 20, 2010
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  3. Dec 20, 2010 #2
    bigyellowpete

    bigyellowpete Bobtail Member

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    You can always pour a little methyl-hydrate straight into the line off the compressor if there is no bottle to add it to the system. One wrench, 2 minutes, jobs done.
     
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  4. Dec 20, 2010 #3
    HEAVY DUDE

    HEAVY DUDE Road Train Member

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    When is the last time you changed the dryer cartridge on Mickey?
     
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  5. Dec 20, 2010 #4
    muff

    muff Light Load Member

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    its not my Mickey haha. Its a lease unit and I`m sure you know how that goes. They would like to kill a couple of hours coming to get ya on the side of the road than actually fix the propblem before it costs them an arm and a leg.. we`ve got 6 units same made in mexico dryer. They finally swapped dryer on my previous truck with a Bendix dryer. That unit is fine now. Thanks for your input
     
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  7. Dec 21, 2010 #5
    Smalltruck

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    Thats a good trick. Remember one thing its almost a guarantee to kill your air drier desiccant cartridge. And if that spews those little beads into the system it won't be cheap to fix.
     
    Smalltruck, Dec 21, 2010
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