woberto Report This Comment
Date: June 08, 2012 09:04AM

You're a lucky boy, I'd never let you drive my Peterbilt.

pro_junior Report This Comment
Date: June 09, 2012 09:17PM

haha berto, thats fine by me...

sitting here on the side of the road...just found out my fuel gauge is inaccurate by almost a quarter tank...

quasi Report This Comment
Date: June 09, 2012 09:46PM

Oh crap - been there, done that, ain't no fun at all.

pro_junior Report This Comment
Date: June 11, 2012 02:48AM

gauge showed just below a quarter...which the right side tank had, left side went empty...one of our company trucks went by, I got him on the radio but he said he didn't have a hose so couldn't help and he didn't stop..couldn't believe it, sure not like how it used to be with drivers helping each other out...was only 8 miles out of town ffs

fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: June 11, 2012 12:50PM

1 ass whippin comin' up!

BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: June 11, 2012 06:53PM

I'm sorry but I'm a little confused. What is up with the fuel gauge and tanks? Does the gauge only show one tank or the other and not the combined levels? If one tank still had 1/4 tank then why did you run out of fuel?

pro_junior Report This Comment
Date: June 12, 2012 03:09AM

some trucks (frieghtliners et al) with two tanks only show on the gauge what is in one tank, there is a crossover line that connects the two tanks so theoretically the levels will be the same, assuming you are on relatively flat ground...
the truck above is a Peterbilt model 379 and every one of them that I've driven has had two tanks, one fuel gauge, and a three-position switch on the dash to show either the left, right, or avg of the two...on this truck there is something wrong somewhere, the switch or idk, but only shows me the right side tank...however since I have the ability to physically remove the fuel caps and peer inside with a flashlight it is ultimately my fault it happened...
I've driven a couple of different Volvos and they have a visual and audible alarm when you get below a quarter tank...that makes a lot of sense to me...

pro_junior Report This Comment
Date: June 12, 2012 03:12AM

also, it was actually relatively easy to get it going once I had fuel in the tank, just sprayed a bunch of ether into the breather while cranking the engine until it started...I've seen other trucks run dry and take a lot more effort to get them going again, worst I saw was a Detroit, had to use a special pump to prime the system and about a whole can of ether..

BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: June 12, 2012 01:04PM

I thought something like that but wasn't sure. I hope the owner gets that fixed.

fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: June 12, 2012 02:30PM

re-startin'' a diesel gone dry is no fun at all