An old man's career goes flat, Snackbar moves to open deck

When I worked at Moore, our Anthems regularly had the yellow engine light on...it was on so often that we referred to it as our engine shaped night light. The Pinnacle I had would have it come on less frequently, which is odd because the Pinnacle and the Anthems had the exact same engine and transmission and the same ECU. The one time I ignored the night light for a while, expecting it to clear itself ended up being an intake temp sensor. When I did finally take it to Mack to get it fixed, the head tech questioned why I waited so long, I told him that it usually clears after a short time, and that our trucks had them come on so often that we simply felt that it was Macks way of telling the driver that the engine hadn't fallen out on the ground. Since the Anthems we had were such pieces of crap, that parts were always coming loose or breaking, and we needed to be reminded that the engine was still attached. He was not amused.

The Maxxfarce Internationals at Crete were the same way. The amber engine lights came on and went off so often, we just relied on the red engine "stop now" light instead.

This problem with my KW is believed to be the DEF injector not injecting the proper amount of DEF into the after treatment system. We will know on Monday if that diagnosis is correct, or if I am down for another day.

 

At $5+ a gallon for fuel...it would have been cheaper to put me in a hotel rather than let me idle an engine that has an emissions issue that may result in a DPF soot issue...but part of the problem is the person who is usually in the breakdown office was off for a couple days, and the guy filling in made the decision NOT to put me in a hotel. Maybe the regular guy would have used better judgement, but either way, I get to be comfy. In a way it is better I get to stay in my truck. They had no problem letting me bobtail to a truck stop where there is a wide variety of food. The dealership was in an area where the only food choices were Denny's, Awful House or Hardee's. And I only eat Denny's when I want food poisoning or the trots...and one can only stand Awful House or Hardee's for so many meals before you consider starvation as a viable alternative.

 

No, we keep our house at or below 70°.