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mrpicky
Senior Member
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 Posted - 11/16/2016 : 10:59:40 PM
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| My question is are these pumps worth the money to replace? Talking about the heater boost pumps on re engines of IC and BB school buses. Gets cold here in winter teens and twenties in morning. But these pumps do not seem to last long before leaking. Any advice? |
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Thomasbus24
Administrator
USA
4544 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2016 : 02:57:07 AM
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Keeping in mind that mine are FE's and not RE's...we just take them out and bypass them when they fail. In fact I think all are gone now except the new CE's that just showed up with them (I didn't spec it).
We remove switches and install blanks, otherwise the inspector gets twitchy when he comes around.
You might pick a bus and bypass the pump for an experiment to be sure the pushers are OK with out them. Let us know!
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JoeHEB1
Advanced Member
498 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2016 : 04:11:32 AM
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| Like Thomasbus24 said "bypass". You'll never have to worry about it again. We left the switches in so the drivers wouldn't freak out. They don't know the difference anyways if its on or not LOL. |
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mquiring
Senior Member
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Posted - 11/17/2016 : 05:09:36 AM
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| I've got an 09 BB RE with a C7 that has never had one and that bus makes better heat upfront than most of my Visions. |
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jeeptjken
Senior Member
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Posted - 11/17/2016 : 05:43:17 AM
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we remove them when they fail and bypass them one less place to leak
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mrpicky
Senior Member
123 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2016 : 07:15:27 AM
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| OK, thanks for all the advice. |
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bwest
Administrator
United States
3820 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2016 : 08:10:57 AM
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| Yeah, I remove mine when they fail. Has to be the same as a conventional. I have all conventionals so I'm not entirely sure but should be. The company that makes these boosters are getting pretty testy on warranty too. The last time I tried to replace one was last year. Did it twice and both leaked. They told me I wasn't bleeding it correctly. I said, "I've been working on buses for over 22 years and you're telling me that I'm not bleeding a cooling system correctly? Let me tell you something, I won't be purchasing your product any longer". I just don't understand. The same company made the booster pumps on buses that I have that are 15 years old and they've never had a pump put on them. |
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Thomasbus24
Administrator
USA
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drp53188
Senior Member
89 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2016 : 10:11:58 AM
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| Yep, rip them out and bypass. |
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RonF
Top Member
867 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2016 : 11:48:51 AM
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I'm in the south, so they are useless to us anyway. Once they leak they are gone.
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earl1412
Senior Member
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Posted - 11/17/2016 : 11:57:11 AM
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Originally posted by JoeHEB1
Like Thomasbus24 said "bypass". You'll never have to worry about it again. We left the switches in so the drivers wouldn't freak out. They don't know the difference anyways if its on or not LOL.
I have one driver that seems to "hear" the motor, so when it leaked, I bypassed it but left the motor hang on the firewall so she would think it was actually warmer in her bus |
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JoeHEB1
Advanced Member
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Posted - 11/17/2016 : 2:40:28 PM
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Originally posted by earl1412
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Originally posted by JoeHEB1
Like Thomasbus24 said "bypass". You'll never have to worry about it again. We left the switches in so the drivers wouldn't freak out. They don't know the difference anyways if its on or not LOL.
I have one driver that seems to "hear" the motor, so when it leaked, I bypassed it but left the motor hang on the firewall so she would think it was actually warmer in her bus
That's GENIUS LOL I might start doing that. |
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bwest
Administrator
United States
3820 Posts |
Posted - 11/18/2016 : 05:30:55 AM
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| That's awesome!! |
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Thomasbus24
Administrator
USA
4544 Posts |
Posted - 11/18/2016 : 05:55:04 AM
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| My God that is so perfectly evil!!!!!! Great job and thanks for sharing! |
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Boost pump re engine school bus
