exhaust Fumes in sleepers?

[BigBusBob]

I noticed this in both tractors I trained in, one was a Freightliner Columbia, the other was an FLD...
that when it's cold out there tends to be some exhaust/diesel fumes that come into the sleeper...
I have that problem in the Columbia that I drive...
can anybody help me on this situation...
it doesn't seem to be so noticable when it's warm out.

I've considered gettin' an air purifier and/or filter of some kind. Any idea's and/or comments would surely be welcome on this.
Thanks, Bob.

 

[redytrk]

When I first brought this problem up to my tech,he said to put the heater on recurilate. Manual says dont do that. He said that does not apply to large sleepers with extra air sources from the outside.

Did this for a while with limited sucess. The final soulition was to put an extension on the crankcase breather tube. In an idling sitiuation fumes rise and find there way inside between the breather conection from the hood intakes to the heater.

I should say I have a Fl M2. I think the Columbia has this same through the hood intake.

 

[Moot]

You could be drawing in fumes from other trucks around you. Especially horizontally exhausted trucks. Get yourself a carbon monoxide detector just to be safe.

 

[vipra]

Great question, but unfortunately all I can say in reply is: Good luck trying to keep exhaust out of your sleeper. It may be coming from your own truck, or from the trucks parked beside you. The air at truckstops and rest areas is disgusting because of all the trucks idling, especially if there's no wind, and you're smart to be concerned about breathing it. Sometimes you can see a cloud of exhaust covering a truckstop or rest area as you approach. Sometimes I can even smell it coming out of my dash vents as I'm driving by on the interstate.
Here are a couple tricks I've learned because I can't stand breathing that air:
---As you drive into a truckstop, look for a flag on the building or for some visible exhaust coming out of a truck so you can see which way the wind is blowing. Then park as far upwind as possible in the parking lot so that you're getting fresh air blowing in off the neighboring field.
---As soon as you turn you engine off, open all your doors and vents for a minute to let fresh air blow out all the exhaust. Then if you're parked upwind you can be fairly confident that the air you're breathing is clean.

Vipra

 

[BigBusBob]

Thanks for the info...

Co. truck, so I can't really mess with it too much...

I thought about sleeping ina big ziplock bag witha hole in it for an air purifier...
I'm still workin' on that idea.

I saw these air filters for the air intakes at a truckstop... anybody know anythin' about them????
I'm thinkin' about an air purifier of some kind.