Jake Brake
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cbshoestring wrote:Canadian Rainbirds wrote:
And to add to the confusion our 2002 Itasca Horizon with the 5.9 Cummins ISB, the switch is labeled "Engine Brake" but is in fact an Exhaust brake.
Because most people do NOT know, or care to know, the difference between the two.
Here is what matters....OFF: vehicle will coast, no cool sound.
ON: Vehicle is "held"..cool GRRRRRRRR sound.
kleenex, zerox, crock pot, jet ski, Jacuzzi, etc....
If it goes GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR it has a JAKE BRAKE.
You might add that some (engine brakes) are extremely noisy (by comparison to exhaust brakes) and why you see so many near village signs prohibiting this cool sound.
As for the above nicknames, they describe products that are virtually the same, whereas an engine brake, differs dramatically from a compression brake. As for people caring, they care plenty, when pricing the difference of having the two installed.
