Help tracking down air leak
Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by Hanadarko, Aug 13, 2010.
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But riddle me this...Why does it ONLY leak when the tractor brakes are released?? -
Does truck have daytime running lights?
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That could be the cause of my leak AND the reason my cruise doesnt work SOME of the time...(I can set it and it doesn't hold).
Each of these are about $13. Not bad at least... -
Hanadarko Thanks this.
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(Thats in another separate thread...) - Sometimes when it would kick out, we would hear a blast of air. (NOT the turbo winding down either).
The dealer told me I was nutz and that nothing cruise related runs on air. Hmm.....
Today I stopped at KW. Picked up 4 sensors. Both LOW PSI, brake switch and cruise switch. $72 I think was the total charge. I am going to replace all of them while I am in there. Maybe a waste of money but still cheaper than paying someone to work on it (before I loose my mind).
Since my air leak is not 'always' but 'most of the time' I am thinking it is one of these sensors. I would expect a hose that has a bad fitting to leak basically all the time.
I am changing the electrical connections on the cruise sensor to eyelets that will hold under the screw, instead of those "open hook electrical connector" things. Those sometimes spread out when you tighten down the fittings.- using eyelets will stop that.
Now, if something STILL leaks after all of this - then I dont know what else to do. The manifolds and hole-plugs are all tight. -
I still have money on the foot valve.
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Pull down on the valve, slowly release, and listen to find where the exhaust port is. That just may be the leak you hear. Mine would only lose air on one tank also.
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