This' comes to' mind!.. I' seen on a forum that a driver passed due to.
Carbon Monoxide found at a truck stop lets hope ' The Companies will..
Really focus on Safety Checks Also International had a write up!
On the subject' last spring Companies Safety Check Trucks.
A friend drives a 2003 Frieghtliner' we drove from Tacoma to Elizibath ..
New Jersey' while at the Truck Stops the Motor would start every fifteen.
Minutes and Im thinking we are really lucky! No Problems' yea.
So does anyone trust the carbon monoxide testors sold today Please
Return on this subject Thanks Roco

 

personally i have never had a problem inside my truck

 

check your exhaust pipes during your pre trip and you should be OK. If you see alot of soot ( black stuff ) on the pipes get it checked out its a good indicator of a leak.

 

Best thing you can do is buy a Carbon Monoxide monitor. Cost is around $25.

kc0iv

 

I had a bad exhaust leak at the manifold and the company didn't want to fix it. If we sat idle for several Mins. my eyes would start burning like I was eating peppers and rubbed my eyes. Anyway I had to threaten to quit to get it fixed. We spent several cold nights without idling.

 

I had an exhaust leak once. I didn't think it was leaking, initially. It hadn't been long since the entire system had been replaced. The leak was on top of the flex pipe just under the sleeper. It was very difficult to see. Since then, I usually sleep with a window cracked.

 

It was against Army regs(probably still is) to sleep in a running vehicle in the field while I was in Germany, even then one or two would die a year due to carbon monoxide.

 

This is a warning to all drivers who drive a Mercedes Benz engine with the EGR system.

These engines leak exhaust from a slip coupling in the egr system at the rear of the engine, just above the exhaust manifold.

The fumes will gather under the hood and be sucked into the heater/ac fresh air inlet. The Freightliner is bad, but Sterling is worse. When stopped, or especially backing, the truck will fill with exhaust fumes if the heat or normal a/c is on.

The Freightliners, at least I know the Columbias do, have a recirculate button that will keep most exhaust out when set on recirculate. The Sterlings have no such setting except max a/c. In the Sterling, a driver has to remember to turn off the heat/ac before stopping or backing.

Every truck with the Mercedes EGR engine I have driven has been this way. BE CAREFUL.

I have been told that all the EGR Mercedes engines do this, and Freightliner knows about it, but really wants to keep it quiet.

I turned in a Sterling sub tractor yesterday that I used while mine was being repaired. That thing would burn your eyes out. This was the third Sterling I have driven in the past few months, and all were doing the same. The Freightliner I drive has a pre-egr Mercedes engine. It has no such problem.

The one mechanic who admitted to a problem said all the trucks with the EGR Mercedes engines were like that. This company has well over 100 of them.

If you drive one, demand it be fixed. I have written up every one I have driven. If you raise the hood and look at the coupling I described, you will see the soot around it and on the engine block.

There needs to be a recall before someone dies, if it hasn't happened already. I wonder what engines were in the trucks in San Antonio.

 

My exhaust came loose underneath the cab one day. After only a few minutes I had to roll down the window, even though it was really cold out. I was getting dizzy and burning eyes until I got fresh air. If i was in a sleeper, a good investment would be a carbon monoxide detector. I put the ones in the house for $25/each i think. Is your life worth $25.

 

That is what I did, it is stuck to the wall right next to my head.

Even though I have an apu, I still worry about leaks, and sleep with the windows cracked. I have had one to many exhaust leaks in my day, and they can really screw you up, if not bring you to room temperature.

And if any of you ever even think you have an exhaust leak, get it fixed immediately. Many of these leaks are hard to detect, like in a Freightliner, because they are under the hood, not under the sleeper or rear of the truck. Some of these leaks have to be found with a sniffer. Most dealers have them, as well as bigger truck stops.

And if the company you drive for gives you a hassle, screw em. These people are not God, though they would like to believe they are. If anyone hassles you, calmly work your way up the chain of command until you find the right person to authorize the repair. These complaints of leaks are usually taken seriously, but sometimes you run into an idiot.