I’m having a weird issue with my truck and this last round was the worst ever. Basically the secondary tank will only fill to 105 psi. Sometimes it will go to 120 but it’s rare. Normal operation is 120. Now when I am at a stop light holding my foot on the brake my air depletes pretty fast and it starts with the secondary first. If I hold my position at the stop like with my trolley lever I don’t lose air, At all. Now cannot hear this leak and have good hearing. I have had the truck off etc and nothing. I’m suspecting it’s an air can on the truck that I have had issue with that brake specifically but it doesn’t make sense because I cannot hear anything
The only thing different is I bought a newer 2015 reefer. Only other problem With the trailer is jacks for when you have the supply knob out don’t connect to the trailer so I’m suspecting a ride height issue with the trailer but I don’t think that’s has a play in this issue.
Thanks.
Secondary air tank issues
Discussion in 'Heavy Duty Diesel Truck Mechanics Forum' started by Chris M., Jan 15, 2020.
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I have done that sadly. Im going to go inspect it a bit closer in the am. Thanks the recommendation, definitely gonna do it again tho and will let you know. Still guessing an air can but I just had this truck inspected so I’m kinda surprised and that why I half wondered if it was the trailer as that’s the only thing “new”
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Does it lose air when you step on the brake when the trailer air is not charged (Red button pulled out)? If not then it is likely the trailer. Get someone to stand by the trailer tandems and listen as you step on the brakes.
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You've got an air leak on the truck. Plain and simple.
Park on flat ground, chock your wheels so it doesn't roll. Have someone release the park brakes and make a full brake application. Go out and listen because you're not going to hear an air leak at the rear of the truck from the cab. -
Thanks for all the reply’s. I put it in the shop today as the local weather here has been garbage. They found a front brake diaphragm with a hole in it. That solved the foot on the brake and loosing air situation. Oddly enough it never made noise for us. I picked it up thinking that was it but it’s not. I’m still losing air out of the secondary circuit tank while not using anything. And that’s not hooked to a trailer. I bobtailed it to the shop. Hopefully the weather will break and I can get a much better idea to what is going on.
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If you replaced the diagphram either the airdryer quit working and you filled the secondary tank with too many gallons of liquid slosh, oil, grease, water and so on. No wonder it chewed through the can dividers you see as major leaking.
Go park that thing over night with the drain valves open on either ends of those storage air tanks, both primary and secondary.
Leave them to drain good all night. Fire the tractor up. If you hear spitting coming out of the tanks themselves and the lack of flatulence from the air dryer then that is one possibility. Too much fluid is getting in and with this being winter, that's not good.
Compromised brake cans reveal themselves in other ways. If all of your cans are pretty and so on and you find one covered in rust thats the one that will be bad. If you are in rain and you find a nice dry hot can relative to all the others that are pretty wet and pretty then that Mr Dry can needs to be examined closely.Chris M. and truckdriver31 Thank this.
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