april 2012

this hotel is pretty nice im at, pillowtop mattress huge flatscreen couch chair etc if only break down pay was better i wouldnt mind staying here more than one day but hopefully i dont have to

 

I don't have a magnet or anything else and am able to pump def into my jugs.

But I feel your pain.... I have had more issues getting the stupid def pumps at the truck stops to work correctly more than anything. I've only been able to pull the truck in backwards once during normal hours. Usually I just pour a few jugs in and fill those to avoid the hassle. Enduring one hassle to avoid another, I suppose.

I am still in Bismarck (now Monday, I've been here since Wednesday) and called breakdown this AM and they didn't even have a breakdown report on my truck. They didn't have any information about the new shop it's in and didn't even know it was there. They thought I was on home time! Hopefully the new shop has made some diagnostic progress and just didn't contact May yet.

 

I have def on passenger side also, when I fuel I just grab the def pump next to me on other island and run my card on that side. Also found out to fuel first or the next fuel stop cancels out this one.

 

I have always thought that one would be able to do that.

 

First analysis they think its something to do with DEF

 

Congratulations, you have now embarked upon a month long journey of having a truck that is constantly in different shops, if your truck's problems are as elusive as mine have been.

I am still in Bismarck at the 7th shop I've been to since 5 weeks ago. Looks like I'll be here again... tonight.

 

good news second analysis, just a NOx sensor according to them should be out today shortly

 

I had the nox sensor come up on my dash after I would go down a steep grade. The check engine light would come on and it would show the nox sensor on the fault list. It would go away after three days or so. I finally had it come one down the grapevine on my way to Brooks to get serviced and they sent it across the street to Freightliner there to have it fixed. I never had my engine performance go way down.

 

Yea it was crazy shut the truck down to 3 mph. I'm hoping thats all it is.

 

Its fixed getting unloaded at first stop. Then appt in spokane got rescheduled for tomorrow