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gentleroger · Nov 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM

I'm a little surprised I didn't see "pour some isopropyl into the air lines". While that used to be common practice, doing it on modern equipment will result in an abs light in 500-1,000 miles.

OdderThan · Nov 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM

gentleroger said: ↑

I'm a little surprised I didn't see "pour some isopropyl into the air lines". While that used to be common practice, doing it on modern equipment will result in an abs light in 500-1,000 miles.
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I honestly dont trust many new drivers to comprehend it is a very small amount you need to use.

I have seen too many drivers dump way too much resulting in clogged lines.

I only teach it to the smartest drivers i train.

gentleroger · Nov 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM

OdderThan said: ↑

I honestly dont trust many new drivers to comprehend it is a very small amount you need to use.

I have seen too many drivers dump way too much resulting in clogged lines.

I only teach it to the smartest drivers i train.
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Any amount is too much. Isopropyl destroys the valves in the ABS module.

Trucker61016 · Nov 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM

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This was in 2007. Don’t know the type as it was something that I would never order on a big rig. It was engaged with the cruise on button. Cruise off, what should have been the 9th forward gear (it was called the 9speed top 2, but it had 10 forward gears like a regular 10 speed.

When they detuned the engine, it “lost” 9th gear. 9th gear would just buck like running an engine at too low rpm. If you turned it off, it felt less like shifting a manual from 8 to 10. Huge loss of performance.
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Sounds kinda silly like those old autos that had a clutch for starting.....then it acted as a 9 speed auto...

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