APU Runs for a few minutes, shuts off with red ENG light

Discussion in 'Heavy Duty Diesel Truck Mechanics Forum' started by Roteck, Jan 21, 2018.

  1. 2ndstage

    2ndstage Bobtail Member

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    Check your fuses had it happen to me twice and both times it was a fuse
     
  2. Roteck

    Roteck Light Load Member

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    I can get it to run if I hold down the power button and turn it off inside the sleeper then turn it back on. The light goes away but it still starts up and shuts off after about a minute or so. I will check into the reset switch, I don't believe it has the Arctic package. This is my first truck with an APU so I don't know much about it at all. I will check for the reset switch and see if it just needs a reset.
     
  3. Roteck

    Roteck Light Load Member

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    Where are the fuses at?
     
  4. Roteck

    Roteck Light Load Member

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    I've checked for a reset switch on the box under the bunk. There is a very large box with a small box mounted on top. The top small box has a diagram of the electrical setup within it and a whole ton of wires going into it. There is no reset switch on either box. On the outside anyway. My screw driver is too tall to get to the back screws of the top smaller box where the fuses are located so next chance I get ill be buying one and popping open that small electrical box to check for said switch and check the fuses. They may have closed some coolant lines when they were tearing apart the dash to get the HVAC fixed. He did mention that he unhooked and pinched off the heater core which means he may have closed the valves at some point if they're connected. It's gotta be that, I don't see why anything else they did would cause any change in the APUs behavior. Now just to find these coolant lines...
     
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  5. terryt

    terryt Heavy Load Member

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    It a push in bottom on the smaller box and you have not found it cause its on the outside of the box on the side toward the back do not take the cover off. It not a fuse they wont start with a blown fuse. Have you tried to bleed the air out of the engine cause this is more likely to be the cause of your shut down after running a few minutes
     
  6. terryt

    terryt Heavy Load Member

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    watch this viedo
     
  7. Roteck

    Roteck Light Load Member

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    I've checked the outside thoroughly, there is no reset button on the box. I've checked the inside thoroughly, there is no reset button on the inside of the box
     
  8. Roteck

    Roteck Light Load Member

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    I've attached what my box looks like.
     

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  9. terryt

    terryt Heavy Load Member

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    you got a reset bottom on the outside of that top box just like the video
     
  10. terryt

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    see it in the picture on the left handside toward the back
     
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