Air Problem (suspension/brakes)

[Jeff Miller]

I suggest replacing the pressure regulator on the air compressor,
last one I bought was around $20 and fairly easy to do.

- Jeff Miller
http://www.wanderlodge.net
http://www.millercoachworks.com


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Kevin McKeown"
wrote:
>
> Hello fellow birders,
>
> I spent the past few days down in Huntington Beach with the BB, and
> when I was preparing to leave the coach would only hold about 30
PSI
> of air (as registered on the gauge). Not even enough to air up the
> suspension. This was at high idle for about 10 minutes. I shut
> everything down, and listened for obvious leaks, and heard some
> rather faint hissing inside the engine compartment, somewhere in
the
> area of the generator (forward-most area of the engine - up high).
> It only lasted for a minute or so, until the pressure was relieved.
>
> I was getting ready to take up the engine hatch underneath the bed,
> and before I went to all that trouble, I felt lucky. I restarted
> the coach, and to my surprise, the air pressure built up like
> normal, and stayed that way for the 30 mile ride home...it seems OK
> for now.
>
> Question...Any ideas what happened at the beach? Why would it "fix
> itself" ? Or, am I just lucky.
>
> Where do I start looking? And if it's not leaking down now, how do
> I know where to look? Is there something on or near the compressor
> (relief valve) that just stuck open? Dirt? I'm at a loss.
>
> Any help appreciated....like always!
>
> Kevin McKeown
> Yorba Linda, CA
> 1986 38' PT (self healing, for now)