Exhaust brake quit working
Lets try this again! Need some help. Cummins 400 isl, spartan chasis 2006 travel supreme. I guess next will be taking it to a tech!
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The exhaust brake on your engine is activated via a butterfly valve that is mounted in the exhaust pipe. The butterfly valve is activated by means of an air operated cylinder that pulls the butterfly valve closed which blocks that exhaust pipe. Connected to the air cylinder is a solenoid activated air valve. When the exhaust brake is called for, the air valve is activated which causes the air cylinder to pull the butterfly valve closed. When the air valve is closed, a spring causes the air cylinder to extend which opens the butterfly valve and allows the exhaust gas to flow out.
The solenoid that activates this sequence operates on 12VDC that is turned off and on as required.
What is happening within this system that tells you the exhaust valve is not working. The only reliable way of knowing it is working is to physically watch the action of the air cylinder when the brake is called to work. You can only do that by watching the brake mechanism when the RV is being driven, and brake is called for. You have to be there watching it!!!
You can put 12VDC onto the air solenoid to see if it actuates the brake while you are setting still, but this does not mean that the system from the on/off switch on the dash, or the brake pedal, or other factors are working.
I fixed a butterfly valve several years ago that had become stuck and wouldn't open/close. Had to take it apart, glass bead blast is to free it up to pivot.
There are many possible problem areas, and YOU need to check them out yourself and tell us what you find. Otherwise, you need to take it to a service shop and, well, $$$
Any questions?
The solenoid that activates this sequence operates on 12VDC that is turned off and on as required.
What is happening within this system that tells you the exhaust valve is not working. The only reliable way of knowing it is working is to physically watch the action of the air cylinder when the brake is called to work. You can only do that by watching the brake mechanism when the RV is being driven, and brake is called for. You have to be there watching it!!!
You can put 12VDC onto the air solenoid to see if it actuates the brake while you are setting still, but this does not mean that the system from the on/off switch on the dash, or the brake pedal, or other factors are working.
I fixed a butterfly valve several years ago that had become stuck and wouldn't open/close. Had to take it apart, glass bead blast is to free it up to pivot.
There are many possible problem areas, and YOU need to check them out yourself and tell us what you find. Otherwise, you need to take it to a service shop and, well, $$$
Any questions?
