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(04-17-2020 )TruckerRalph Wrote:  

(04-17-2020 )JimT Wrote:  check the flex pipe (exhaust bellows) that comes after the turbo. Not sure about your peete, but my pete (2012 587) has it situated only an inch or so away from the frame rail and they are known to go bad after a while. I didn't notice mine leaking until I was running a parked regen and saw the slightest wisp of exhaust gas escape.

How is the rest of the engine performing? You mentioned potential exhaust issues, but nothing else. Also, you didn't mention if the truck's been demandated. I'm guessing from your description that it is not, but need to know for certain. What's your oil and coolant consumption look like?

Howdy Mr. Jim. Thank you for the reply. My truck is an X-werner truck. 619K on the odometer and it has an Eaton Fuller 9 speed in it. It will not under any circumstances while reving up to 1500rpms to change gears go above 1500. Like ever. I dont know if it has a rev limiter on it or not. It seems to me like somethings clogged up on it or something. Because it is so slow to start off and get going up to speed, that its ridiculous. Then i started hearing that "exhaust leak' sound. You only hear it from the passenger side. My last trip was from Minneapolis to Penn. then Penn. to Georgia (my home state), around 1500 miles total. I filled both 120gal tanks just as slap full as possible and when I made it to Penn. (about 870 miles) I was on a 1/4 tank. I figured filling both tanks up like that would have gotten me home. Nope. THEN, after i filled them again in PENN. When i got home about 750 miles. I was on around 3/8ths of a tanks. So there is definately something going on. Just recently i've noticed a "hissing" noise. Usually when I am down shifting or coming to a stop. Sounds like trying to if you put your tongue behind your teeth and try to blow air between the gap in your teeth.lol

so instead of shutting it down and repairing it, your still driving it, abusing the hell out of an engine that obviously is not running right at all, ... so your going to just keep pushing down the roads til it blows its guts out? -- What a business plan!


-- Am lot of people also are guilty of not getting on top of its problems after the [urchase before putting it on the roads either. ... It is highly likely that you never went thru the truck when u purchased it. ... like some kind of pipe dream most people seem to have when buying a used truck ... Most seem to think they are ready for freight, like the used truck stealer gave 2 s#its about it... WELL, they DON'T!. -- This especially from a truck coming from an abusive as hell mega-fleet... and then its suddenly expected it to be ready to haul freight out of the gate? -- Then wonder why they have problem after problems.


You need to also get that engine killing governor removed out of that thing.. Actually, you should have never purchased the truck knowing it has never likely seen more than 1500 rpm's its whole life... that is one of the biggest engine killers of them all to govern it into only the bottom 1/3 of its actual rpm working range then some dips$it company a-hole lugging it below 1500, beating up on the liners and cylinders its whole life, pushing it at an accelerated rate towards an agonizing death everywhere with his foot all the way in the floor the whole time its going down the roads.