krisfrank
On the Road, full timing
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Great idea Sticky
RV particulars: 2006 Kountry Star
Driveline (Engine, Transmission)![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/cool.gif "cool") ummins 350, Allison 6 speed
Miles: 3,000 +/-
Year:2007-break in trip, Oregon to Wis.
Break Down Description: Back of the coach covered with oil spray
Symptoms![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/doh.gif "doh") ame as above
Effect: Whoa-what do we do now?
Cause: Dip stick tube laid against turbo exhaust and melted through.
Outcome: Towed 50 miles, temporary repair by the great crew at Ed's Truck Sales and Service in Fort Pierre, South Dakota. Very reasonable charge as we paid it ourselves rather than wait for warranty authorization-we were already running late.
Later a new dip stick tube.
Thanks for getting this started.
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just_loafin
Northern California
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We left Northern California for New York in Sept this year...While in North Carolina one morning the Coach was hard starting...After two attempts it started up...I thought because it was cold outside that was the reason....Heading about ten miles down the road we came to a small town with a stop light after stopping the motor stalled..After starting it up we got thru the light and I looked around to see if I could find any problem...My fuel gage was at 1/2 tank??? I just fueled up that night...Knowing now I had a serious problem I could not find a place to pull over.. kept going till we hit another small town...Was able to pull off next to a vacant building...When I go out I found a trail of diesel fuel following me in...
Lifted bed what a mess fuel everywhere...Had the engine turned over while I looked ...Found the metal fuel line snapped completely off at the banjo fitting on the engine it self..
Drove to Greensborough in my toad and picked up a new fuel line..The new one has a damper installed in the middle to prevent the line from breaking...5.9 Cummins...1996 Endeavor....40,000 miles
If you have one of these just change it...I had read about the problem and determined it was older coaches than mine having this problem...I inspected mine and thought no way this line could break it was mounted in there solid....Wrong....If you do not have one with a break in the line where a damper is installed...better replace the line or at least carry a new updated one....
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Normph
West Hills, Ca, USA
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Driveline: ISL 350 Allison 6
Date of breakdown: 10/29/07
We were driving east on I 10 between Phoenix and Tuscon when we heard a loud pop coming from the rear of the coach. Smoke was pouring out of the rear; the stop engine light came on and a warning buzzer sounded. We stopped without incident (fortunately). Oil was splattered all over the rear of the coach and the entire toad.
We had a blown rod.
Our engine S/N was within the recall sequence.
Two months earlier we had the recall performed (pressure sensor istalled in valve area which was to trigger an alarm after which engine shutdown was required to prevent engine damage. The alarm and the engine failure occurred at the same time.
Norm FNorm F
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LandYachtRevival
Kingwood, TX
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RV particulars: 2004 Fleetwood Revolution 40C
Driveline (Engine, Transmission)ummins DP 350HP, Allison 3000
Miles:64,000
Year:2004
Break Down Description: (You can add any description of the problem here that you think would help others in understanding the situation and problem.)
Symptoms: 1. Squeeking noise from engine compartment 2.- Low Collant Level Alarm 3. Overheat Alarm and temp gauge reaching 230 degrees
Effect![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/eek.gif "eek") ngine Overheat
Causeerpentine belt broke as a result of belt tensioner lockup.
Outcome:
Good service from Coach-Net tow (2 hours after call)
Excellent service from Empire Truck Service in Gulfport, MS. Had tensioner in stock and got belt locally. Fixed same day!!!!!
Cost $139.50 labor; $172.00 parts.
Only problem - tower did not want to reinstall driveline as his wenches were failing so had to pay truck service but Coach-Net says they will reimburse.
Lesson learned -- I should not have left CG after noting squeeking noise after starting engine. Got stranded 400 miles from base.
Joe
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2010 Four Winds Chateau
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FSTEDYRV
Millsboro, DE
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Badeye wrote:After some conversation with Diesel-Lover and others on this forum I thought I would try to start a thread concerning breakdowns on the road. We try to prevent this by good maintenance and driving reasonably but it can still happen. As I observed in a previous post, on a roughly 350 mile northbound drive on I-75 I saw 4 class A MH broken down. All were southbound.
If we should have a breakdown and would post the following information on this thread it could be a resource and reminder for others.
RV particulars:
Driveline (Engine, Transmission):
Miles:
Year:
Break Down Description: (You can add any description of the problem here that you think would help others in understanding the situation and problem.)
Symptoms:
Effect:
Cause:
Outcome:
This is the type of information that is recorded in the aircraft industry and other maintenance activities to track failure trends. It will take a while before we see a lot of value in this. If it continues for a time and sufficient data is available, I will analyze the data and put it into a form that I can send by email to any interested parties. I would suspect that an initial report could be done in about three months or when we have about 100 to 150 cases.
What do you think?
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FSTEDYRV
Millsboro, DE
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RV particulars: 2002 dutchstar
Driveline (cummins 3oo isb):
Miles:1400,15000,18000
Year:2003 & 2004
Break Down Description: no power , fuel dash light 3 separate times
Symptoms:no power
Effect![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/mad.gif "mad") ax speed 30mph
Cause:low fuel pressure light
Outcom;removed several sensors on fuel sensor, finally cut wires on fuel filter & reprogram engine software.
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FSTEDYRV
Millsboro, DE
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RV particulars:2006 presidio
Driveline330hp cummins-allison
Year:2006
Break Down Description:NO start @15k,18k &20K intermittently
Symptoms:no start intermittently
Effect![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/rolleyes.gif "rolleyes") estart on house batterys problem then goes away sometimes to return later.
Cause![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/tongue.gif "tongue") OOR engine ground
OutcomeNgine GROUND cleaned and and tighted. Impossiple to see from outside.
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foxriverguy
Barrington, Illinois
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Badeye
I think you idea has lots of merit. I also suggest you post it on the Escapees Forum. In my opinion this the most read and most active forum on the www.
Good luck
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ranger7
Nashville, TN.
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Put my 33 ft. Fleetwood in for a repair at "RV Sales and Service" on I-24 in Smyrna Tennessee. I told the Shop foreman that it was "NOT" winterized as we stopped from a trip to have it worked on an were going to proceed after service was completed. I asked them to either winterize it or to please turn on the furnace. The next week had the coldest nights of the season. They didn't do anything.
I picked up the coach and proceeded to New Orleans, our next destination. I noticed the fresh water tank was empty and stopped at a rest stop and started to fill the tank to 1/2 full as I usually do to help with road side emergencies.
When I turned on the water, water sprayed from under and in the coach from every where. They had let the system freeze and destroyed the water piping in most of the coach.
So far I have not received a "sorry" or a apology from anyone at RV Sales and Service.
BEWARE!! of their "Service"
enuf said!!
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corgi-traveler
Bakersfield, CA
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RV particulars: 1988 Fleetwood Bounder 32K
Driveline (Engine, Transmission): Ford 460 --Deere chassis
Miles: 29K
Year:1988
Break Down Description: Going up a hill engine began to backfire, then sputter, then died. Once the engine died, could not get any power to restart.
Symptoms: On the surface it appeared the battery was dead, nothing at all happened when you turned the ignition, not even with the auxiliary start.
Effect: A perfect storm of electrical problems and fuel delivery problems. Also using the aux start ran our house batteries down, and we blew a fuse in the converter. Don't know if that was part of the same issues, or a coincidence.
Cause: A) the gaskets on the fuel filters did not fit. Had been replaced the day before our trip, had not seated correctly, and were sucking air into the fuel line instead of fuel.
B) loose wire powering the fuel pump... bad connection that was shorting out.
Outcome: replaced gaskets, re-spliced wire and we appear to be running OK. Also put on new spark plugs and wires just for good measure. (it was still running with the originals)
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edited 01/20/08 10:14am by corgi-traveler *
Samantha (the poster)
Tim, DH and driver of the CorgiMobile
Dexter and Dora - Pembroke Welsh Corgis
Gone but never forgotten -
Beth 1/11/94-6/3/09
Pippin 3/16/05-11/4/15
Buddy 11/7/05-10/24/16
Diva 1/9/09 - 8/20/20
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