A Day in the Repair Shop

As I wrote yesterday, Bob had performed some diagnostics on our coach to see why our “check engine” light was on, and the codes seemed to indicate a problem with the DEF system. So on Wednesday we left Lancaster County and drove 35 miles to the Cummins Repair Shop in Harrisburg. Arriving at a little after 8:00 am, we spent the day in the waiting room (Auggie, too) while the techs worked on the issue. We were the only ones there for most of the time, spent the day reading and relaxing, and I even got a nap in.

As it turned out, the diagnostics were correct. We had a failed NOx sensor, also known as a nitrous oxide sensor, which is part of the DEF system. The sensor was replaced, the exhaust system was recharged, and by 3:30 we were on our way. We had reservations in Rockwood, PA, but after just a few minutes on the road we realized we’d soon be hitting rush hour traffic and Rockwood was several hours away. I found a campground a lot closer with a site for us and reserved it. The CG in Rockwood was understanding about the situation and didn’t even charge us for the missed night, although we were prepared to pay.

So we spent the night in the town of Burnt Cabins, PA, and in the morning we headed on to Rockwood. The weather was beautiful, the ride was peaceful and we passed some lovely scenery.

We’ll be leaving Friday morning for a site outside of Pittsburgh, and may stay there for a few days if we like the spot. If not, we’ll move to Columbus, OH sooner than we planned.