Reefer doesn't work?

If it otherwise runs fine you may have a plugged filter. It is easy to clean. Over time, algae builds up on the screen. It looks like a small thimble and is not a replace item just clean it every service. Putting it in a plastic water bottle with about 30% filled with water and shake it hard works well for me. Dry it off before reinstalling.

@STexan re: new carrier hard starts
I picked mine up march 2017 and had that issue. It would try to start and fail and 2nd time it would go. Symptoms were lost prime. If running in continuous it would also sometimes shut off when it would drop the rpm in order to engage or disengage one of the clutches. Shut off in the manner like it was starved of fuel. It turned out to be the injector pump. Replaced under warranty. I guess injector pumps are very expensive if you must pay out of pocket.

 

Stories like this make me glad I have a new reefer, although I know that's no guarantee it will run trouble free. When I first tried to start it, I opened the tank and realized there had never been fuel in it. Who doesn't test a reefer before they sell it? Anyway, filled it up and it just about drained the battery getting the fuel up to the engine, but it finally did and is purring like a very loud kitten.

 

1. Depending on the position of those tandems and where you are, it may be a BIG deal. Get this fixed, ASAP!
2. YOU are not a mechanic! YOU are a driver. Call your company ASAP and get that unit into a shop ASAP. I beg you do not leave this trailer for another driver to have to deal with.
3. NEVER let a reefer fuel tank get much below a half tank. I have pulled Reefer before and every company allowed reefer fuel PRN. (pro re nata) Latin for as the need arises!
4. As to that tank fuel quantity gauge, DO NOT go by that thing until you have visually confirmed it. I have pulled more then one reefer that had a tank gauge stuck or bent.

Pull these units long and these things will become second nature to you.

 

If you ever run out of fuel in reefer .. easy way to prime is with the cap on apply a small amount of air pressure to the tank vent pump a few times and turn it over .. after it starts use a rag over fuel cap and slowly loosen it to realease pressure . This also works on most trucks

 

I can tell you from painful experience if you run a reefer out of fuel and that crap from the bottom of the tank gets into the fuel system the only way you are going to get that sucker cranked back up is to replace that main fuel filter. After going through this a few times a driver will start to learn to keep a good check on that fuel.

 

So what does this really mean?