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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council <br />Tuesday, January 21, 2020 <br />Page 34 <br />Council President Schutt asked, discussion? <br />Chief Carcioppolo stated, our 2013 ambulance which has been riddled with issues since we <br />received it mechanically needs a new engine. It has 41,000 miles on it. We took it in on Friday <br />because we were having diesel exhaust in the cab compartment. We identified a crank overflow <br />pipe that was pumping out diesel exhaust while the truck was idling. When we took it in, they <br />said, it needs a new motor. It's an International. Basically when those vehicles came out, in the <br />entire area, most people bought that size chassis and anyone that bought this specific <br />International Durastar Terastar chassis ended up having issues with the engine so at this point, <br />it's 6 years old, there's no warranty on it and the engine needs to be replaced so this is not a <br />budgeted repair. I asked about the engine when it's done but I guess the price includes the core <br />fee so they send the motor back to be remanufactured so we can't keep the engine and have it <br />rebuilt unless you want to pay the core fee which is $6,000. . <br />Mr. Meyers asked, is this the same vehicle they used to have problems with, diesel getting in the <br />crank. <br />Chief Carcioppolo replied, yes. <br />Mr. Meyers asked, has this truck been fixed for that before? <br />Chief Carcioppolo replied, yes. <br />Mr. Meyers asked, how many times? Is there any warranty on the repairs? <br />Chief Carcioppolo replied, no. The last warranty we had on the exhaust — <br />Mr. Meyers stated, I know it's an ongoing problem but I just figured maybe — <br />Chief Carcioppolo asked, the emission problem? <br />Mr. Meyers replied, yes. <br />Chief Carcioppolo replied, under warranty they replaced the entire emissions control system in <br />2017, but it only carries a 12 -month warranty. I tried to go that route and that didn't work. <br />Much the same with this engine, it's not, it only carries a 12 -month warranty when they put it in. <br />Mr. Meyers asked, the new engine? <br />Chief Carcioppolo replied, the new engine only carries a 12 -month warranty. <br />Mr. Meyers asked, is it a reman or brand new? <br />Chief Carcioppolo replied, it's reman by Caterpillar. I was hoping they would just have a new <br />motor put in that's totally different, but that's not the case. <br />