Hopefully our last day in Calgary, Canada.
After a quite uneventful night on Cummins parking lot, we were in their office bright and early at 7.30, fully expecting to be given the run around again. However, we actually got some response, and the coach was finally examined.
We were told the existing fuel filters were the wrong sort for the engine, so they needed to be changed.
OK
We were told that one of the connections to one filter was the wrong type and needed to be replaced.
OK
We were then told that “the plumbing” for the fuel system was wrong, should never have been built this way, and we didn’t really need both fuel filters.
OK
We were then told that they had discovered the fuel lift pump was not working, and needed to be replaced.
OK
Then, after taking off the old lift pump, they told us that they had been mistaken, and the plumbing in fact was correct.
OK
So, after spending all morning here, we finally left around noonish, to finally continue our journey towards somewhere, anywhere else.
Not OK
100 yards down the road, coach engine stopped, exactly the same symptoms as before, but with us having just paid over $ 1000.00 to have it fixed by the “experts”.
We spent the next two hours sitting on the grass at the side of the road, watching the clouds, snoozing, eating ham sandwiches and gently sipping from a bottle of water, while the mobile mechanic worked on the coach.
Finally, the coach was running and we went back to Cummins, where we sat for another couple of hours while they finally figured out that the fuel filters had not been bled properly, and it was quite possible that we did not in fact need the lift pump replacement after all. Of course, by this time, the service foreman had left for the day, so we were asked to go back in the morning!
We will be there at 7.30, demanding a partial refund, since we have no confidence that any of their diagnoses were correct.
We drove two blocks away, and parked next to an empty lot, in the heart of the industrial area of Calgary.
This is a good tip for any potential RVers out there, boondocking and generator running in industrial areas is OK, all office staff have usually gone home, so you won’t be disturbed.
No wildlife today, sorry.
