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Old 06-10-2010, 02:00 AM
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Default Truck vibrates at highway speeds... :(

I was going uphill with 43,000 lbs today on Hwy 401 in Ontario and all of a sudden, the truck started shuddering. I cut the cruise control and as the RPM went down, the vibrations disappeared. They reappeared though as soon as I tried to add fuel. I barely made it to the yard which luckily was only 10 miles away. Our shop mechanic at first thought it was the u-joint, but hearing the engine idle, the recommended taking it to CAT. It clearly has a miss. I booked an appointment for 7 am tomorrow and CAT said over the phone it can be either an injector or a fuel supply problem.

Anyone had something like this happen to their truck? Mine is a 2004 International 9400 with a CAT C15 and only 470,000 miles.
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Old 06-10-2010, 12:02 PM
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Old 06-10-2010, 12:06 PM
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Vibrations stay when I'm idling and am in neutral gear. Must be the engine. CAT is looking into now. But it feels like when you have water/ice in the fuel in winter, only now it's summer and there can't be any ice in the fuel system.
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Old 06-10-2010, 02:13 PM
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Vibrations stay when I'm idling and am in neutral gear. Must be the engine. CAT is looking into now. But it feels like when you have water/ice in the fuel in winter, only now it's summer and there can't be any ice in the fuel system.
By any chance, did you check your fuel filter?
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Old 06-11-2010, 01:37 AM
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By any chance, did you check your fuel filter?
No, it was changed 8,000 miles ago but CAT did a cylinder test this morning and found Injector #6 "not responding". $1,000 and 3 hours later the truck was as good as new. It started pulling much better too ... I think this injector has been failing slowly for some time now but this was the first time when I had such a bad misfire/miss. I don't know how I managed to pull the trailer with 43,000 lbs to the yard on 5 cylinders...
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I don't know how I managed to pull the trailer with 43,000 lbs to the yard on 5 cylinders...
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Tracer...sure you weren't just sitting on your vibrator? heh heh.... heh heh
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Tracer...sure you weren't just sitting on your vibrator? heh heh.... heh heh
I'm sure because unlike some people I don't own one.
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Old 06-12-2010, 12:16 AM
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I'm sure because unlike some people I don't own one.
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