Cummins ISX15 crankcase pressure

Discussion in 'Heavy Duty Diesel Truck Mechanics Forum' started by mitmaks, Mar 11, 2017.

  1. mitmaks

    mitmaks Road Train Member

    2,544
    2,065
    May 16, 2014
    0
    Had CEL pop on last night and this is code it gave me. Truck kept running good and Ive made it to KW dealer in WY. Was told theyre too busy and got sent to Peterbilt. Tech diagnosed it, checked crankcase filter and told me its "lifetime" filter, never have to replace it. He even showed me how it looks like and then it made sense.
    Replaced crankcase pressure sensor and I was on my way.
     
    SAR Thanks this.
  2. Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

  3. EZ Money

    EZ Money Road Train Member

    Life time filter my arse! My shop replaces that filter every 3rd service..
    Unless something just recently changed on the ISX......I was told every 100k on that filter from a Cummins dealer.
     
    noluck Thanks this.
  4. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

    28,872
    154,610
    Jul 7, 2015
    Canuckistan
    0
    We'd see that happen on small industrial Cummins engines. Crankcase filter plugs up with ice in winter and sets off a code. We would change that filter ever 1000-1500 hours.
     
    EZ Money Thanks this.
  5. Sportster2000

    Sportster2000 Road Train Member

    1,480
    886
    Jan 5, 2008
    Indiana
    0
    EZ Money Thanks this.
  6. dustinbrock

    dustinbrock Road Train Member

    1,308
    901
    Apr 19, 2012
    North Battleford, SK
    0
    Cummins came out with a maintenance free crankcase filter. Its just a empty she'll as they determined it to be useless and cause too much crankcase pressure causing damage.
     
  7. mitmaks

    mitmaks Road Train Member

    2,544
    2,065
    May 16, 2014
    0
    bzinger and EZ Money Thank this.
  8. dustinbrock

    dustinbrock Road Train Member

    1,308
    901
    Apr 19, 2012
    North Battleford, SK
    0
    IMG_20161025_102138851.jpg
    Here it is.
     
    bzinger Thanks this.
  9. EZ Money

    EZ Money Road Train Member

    Cool...no more nasty plugged filter!
     
    bzinger and dustinbrock Thank this.
  10. mitmaks

    mitmaks Road Train Member

    2,544
    2,065
    May 16, 2014
    0
    2k miles and CEL came back on again. I pulled over, checked sensor, oil, gsuges and everything seemed ok. Restarted and no CEL, drove another 40 miles to truck stop. Called cummins and was told it must be sensor, I said it was just replaced.
    Well we'll have to diagnose it...
    Not sure what I can do at this point
     
  • Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.