Back2PA
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Out driving the truck around town yesterday (not towing) and the TPMS alarm went off, high pressure left front. I keep the alarm parameters tight and when I checked the pressure it was actually just at sidewall max (I run them 5psi below max when the truck is unloaded). So I thought probably normal given the couple hours of driving I'd done. A few minutes later alarm goes off again, high temp left front, now it's got my attention. 115 degrees. It had been intermittently pulling and was on my list to have it checked and I thought ok, puck is sticking I guess now's the time. Drive another 10 miles or so trying hard to use almost no braking, temp keeps rising, I'm in a hilly residential area and I'm trying to get back into a business area. Start smelling a hot brake, temp climbs to 135 and I figure that's enough, pulled into the first large lot I can find to shut down and assess. Temp continues to rise while sitting, hits 147. As luck would have it (I thought) I'm sitting in the lot of a tire and brake shop. They're happy to look at it, but ask "how long is that truck anyway?" Turns out, I'm too long for their racks (crew cab long bed). Called for a tow, flatbed 3 miles to another shop that can handle it. They find the problem in about 5 minutes - internally collapsed brake line trapping fluid. They check the brakes and no damage, should be fixed this morning.
My truck has factory TPMS (just a low pressure light) but the aftermarket one with temp gave me info that prevented me from possibly doing some damage )
My truck has factory TPMS (just a low pressure light) but the aftermarket one with temp gave me info that prevented me from possibly doing some damage )