Seen this on TV lastnight.
Bummer.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/met...s.33e6660.html

 

This is sad.
I shut my rig down 80% of the time. I am always keeping windows and/or vents cracked open for ventilation...no matter what time of the year. But I am like this even at home. I seem to always want fresh air. Summer/winter...no matter. I even park in such a way to take advantage of prevailing winds...if I have the luxury....or far away from other trucks, because of exhaust. That is getting tougher...now you are lucky most of the time to even find a spot to park.

I idle if I am just making a brief stop, or during my early break hours when I do my paperwork, eat a meal, watch TV, go online, etc. But when it comes time to hit the rack...I shut down, crack the windows and don ear plugs.

I guess it is wise to buy a CM alarm. Would be nice if manufacturers would build these in as standard equipment. Why don't they?...and powered by the vehicle's own power system...instead of 9v batteries.

 

:sad: very truly sad.

 

I'm lucky my son rarely idles his truck. Computer shows 1% when he goes in for some maintenance at the terminal. And his last experience with that T2000 he drove a year ago May that had a leak, comes even close to those symptoms, he's sniffing for any leak.

As soon as I bought this place 10 years ago, I went out and got a CM alarm, put it next to the furnace, ac plug in. There not that expensive, and should be in all trucks hooked up to the system..

 

Diesel engines generally don't produce the high levels of CO that gasoline engines do. The exhaust byproducts of diesel combustion are generally CO2 and NOx.