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clean out air tanks - Gardner Yeaw - 10-12-2006 12:12 I tried to purge the water out of my air tanks today for the first time. The wet tank put out a thick, slow stream of gooey glop for about 15 minutes. I would guess a quart or so came out. It flowed slow so I guess I will need to have a few sessions to get all it out. So with all that stuff in there I would like to flush out the tanks and lines and check the brake units, etc. What should I use to do this? I expect I will need to drop the tanks to do it right. Anyone been through this out there? Gardner 78FC33 clean out air tanks - M.L. Perkinson - 10-12-2006 12:52 I have had an 80 for 8 years. Don't have a dryer as I feel you don't either. I have really had little trouble even though I have had quite a bit of goop from time to time. I have been afraid I needed gaskets, etc. but have kept on going without trouble. When I clean out the wet tank, especially, I unscrew the valve all the way off and run the engine and the compressor pushes out most of if not all the goop. All I can say is it has worked for me but am sure it might drive a real mechanic crazy. Maury 80 fc 31' ----- Original Message ----- From: Gardner Yeaw To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 8:12 PM Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] clean out air tanks I tried to purge the water out of my air tanks today for the first time. The wet tank put out a thick, slow stream of gooey glop for about 15 minutes. I would guess a quart or so came out. It flowed slow so I guess I will need to have a few sessions to get all it out. So with all that stuff in there I would like to flush out the tanks and lines and check the brake units, etc. What should I use to do this? I expect I will need to drop the tanks to do it right. Anyone been through this out there? Gardner 78FC33 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] clean out air tanks - dthollis1961 - 10-12-2006 13:19 Gardner, On the 78 FC I had, the same stuff came out of my wet tank too. I put on spring-loaded valves with cables that ran out to the outer edge of the bus for easy access. It wasn't long before the goop was gone and only a mist came out when draining. Spring-loaded valves were about $8.00ea from the big truck shop. If you put them on, save the old valves in case the spring valves ever fail. David Hollis 84FC35 Springfield,IL --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gardner Yeaw" wrote: > > I tried to purge the water out of my air tanks today for the first > time. The wet tank put out a thick, slow stream of gooey glop for > about 15 minutes. I would guess a quart or so came out. It flowed slow > so I guess I will need to have a few sessions to get all it out. > > So with all that stuff in there I would like to flush out the tanks > and lines and check the brake units, etc. What should I use to do > this? I expect I will need to drop the tanks to do it right. > > Anyone been through this out there? > > Gardner > 78FC33 > clean out air tanks - Gardner Yeaw - 10-12-2006 14:14 David, I actually already bought the lanyard valves, I just haven't installed them yet. When I saw all the junk I wanted to wait till it was cleaned out before subjecting the new valves to all that crap. So it seems that a lot of owners don't drain the tanks regularly. This is probably a result of a lot of states not requiring a licence upgrade that includes air brake certification. I know I was surprised that I could just hop in and drive with no knowledge of air brakes at all. Forum members that don't purge the water before every trip should take heed. I found the junk in the step valve when I replaced it but didn't know what it was. I expect if it gets into the main brake system it could be a real problem. Gardner 78FC33 --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "dthollis1961" > > Gardner, > > On the 78 FC I had, the same stuff came out of my wet tank too. I > put on spring-loaded valves with cables that ran out to the outer > edge of the bus for easy access. It wasn't long before the goop was > gone and only a mist came out when draining. Spring-loaded valves > were about $8.00ea from the big truck shop. If you put them on, > save the old valves in case the spring valves ever fail. > > David Hollis 84FC35 Springfield,IL > > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gardner Yeaw" > wrote: > > > > I tried to purge the water out of my air tanks today for the > first > > time. The wet tank put out a thick, slow stream of gooey glop for > > about 15 minutes. I would guess a quart or so came out. It flowed > slow > > so I guess I will need to have a few sessions to get all it out. > > > > So with all that stuff in there I would like to flush out the > tanks > > and lines and check the brake units, etc. What should I use to do > > this? I expect I will need to drop the tanks to do it right. > > > > Anyone been through this out there? > > > > Gardner > > 78FC33 > > > |