It started out as a beautiful morning in the Sierras and we decided to get an early start on the drive to Winnemucca. After my walk, Kathe and I came back and started to put the house in order while Jim took care of the outside stuff. I would like to remind everyone of the first rule of plumbing, "stuff flows downhill." This morning Jim was having a hard time emptying our tanks and when he looked at the gauges our tank was filling, not emptying. Seems our site was downhill of the sewer system which was overflowing--right back into our tank. Luckily, Jim saw the problem in time to prevent a major disaster inside our coach. When Jim disconnected the hose he had Mount Vesuvius coming out of the waste outlet.
So, the next we had to find someplace to dump and clean up our sewer bay. The Park Host suggested that we go to the Shell on our way out of town. Not so easy to maneuver our rig backwards behind the station, but with the help of the two station attendants, it took about an hour and we were on our way and smelling fresh. So much for our early start.
About seven miles later the "check engine" light came on and caused us to pull over and contact Freightliner to see what we should do next. They told us that unless the check light changed from amber to red we could continue on our way until we could find a Cummins Service Center.
Later in the day in Sparks, Nevada we tried to get a Cummins technician to look at our engine, and at first they said they were too busy. A few minutes later a nice service technician came out and looked at our coach and said the oil looked a little low. He added some oil, and checked the diagnostics on the computer. Apparently, a sensor on the DEF exhaust system is the problem.
Anyway, we finally pulled into beautiful Winnemucca for the night. However, there is a 10,000 acre wildfire in the hills above us so we will be getting out of here first thing in the morning.
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