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Kodiak exhaust brake

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Recently, I was coming down the mogollon rim between Heber, AZ and
Payson, AZ and was using the exhaust brake. Very shortly after
turning the exhaust brake on, I started to smell a hot odor in the cab
that sorta smelled like burning oil. Turned the exhaust brake off and
the odor went away. Again, coming out of Payson towards the valley, I
again used the exhaust brake and again the odor appeared. The RPM's
were high but not too high and the oil pressure was nearly pegged. I
checked the oil when I arrived in the valley and it is full. Does
anyone have any idea where that smell may be coming from? Have you
heard of it before? I have nearly 11,000 miles on this unit and this
is the first time I have smelled this odor. I used the exhaust brake
quite a bit up and down the mountains between here and San Diego on
Interstate 8 and never had this odor before now.

Just for information, I took delivery of this unit on 2/25/08 and
(knock on wood) have had virtually NO problems. In the 11,000 miles,
about 9,000 is measured for fuel milage and I am averaging 9.7 mpg.
That is continously towing the Saturn and both flat and mountain
driving.

Bob Barbee
2008 Jayco Seneca 34SS
2000 Saturn LS2