Diesel won't start with low air. Entegra MH
Never seen this before. Brand new Entegra Insignia, with keyless ignition and Spartan chassis, disables the engine start sequence if the air pressure is low. We were trying unsuccessfully today to...
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
A cradled ten thousand horsepower Enterprise engine for the barge tugs my dad supervised for Bethlehem steel in the eighties had a 220 horsepower Ingersoll Rand air starter the size of a home side-by-side refrigerator. A warning buzzer went off a few seconds before the air starter was engaged. Memorable.
I complained again and again just how stupid things were getting in the RV world. When Quicksilver air pressure is bled to below 60 PSI the brakes engage tight. They don't release until the alarm stops at around 70PSI. To move the rig sans air pressure means to cage all eight diaphragms.
Salesmen and parts catalogs are like pairing plutonium and TNT.
That is how the spring brakes (Maxi's) on otr trucks work,air drops they lock up. I was sent to town to pick up at the local lumber yard. Knew nothing about air brakes, they worked so I disconnected the buzzer and ignored the flag. At the second stop sign the pedal went to the floor and I rolled right on through. When I got stopped and quit shaking I discovered the tank drain was only partially closed, a piece of ice had blown out.
