We were on our way home after staying a night at Blue Ox RV Park in Albany, Oregon, when a check engine light and malfunction indicator light (MIL) came on the dash. Uh oh!

The fault was ECM SPN 102 FMI 18: “Engine – Engine Intake Manifold #1 Pressure. Data Below Normal Operating Range – Moderate”.

So we stopped at the next rest area, and I followed ChatGPT’s instructions on what I could see in the engine bay, but the fault was apparently likely somewhere that I couldn’t reach (and probably wouldn’t have been able to fix anyway). It was a Saturday, and Oregon Motorcoach Center was closed until Monday, so I made a reservation at Blue Ox again for the weekend, and we headed back. Sigh.

An interactive map:

Passing our site (the first empty one), and the site we came back to (the next one):

Soccer:

Joining I-5 North:

Clover fields:

BlueFire faults screen for ECM SPN 102 FMI 18:

Road works:

45th Parallel; we had stopped at a sign for the southern 45th Parallel in New Zealand, so it was fun to see a sign for the northern one:

More road works:

Rest area:

Looking at the engine:

Heading back to I-5, South:

Exit:

Back to Blue Ox; at least we didn’t need to check in at the office; they called us and said they’d check us in:

Our site, #145; we asked for one site over to give space to the neighbor, and for better Starlink signal (there was a tree partially obscuring our Starlink in the previous site):

I flew my drone:

Coming back here was not what we had planned to do with our weekend, but I’m glad we weren’t too far away, and Blue Ox had availability.

We drove our truck about five hours from our home base to Oregon Motorcoach Center in Eugene to pick up our coach after its annual service, repairs, and improvements, then just 47 miles, about an hour of driving, from OMC to Blue Ox RV Park in Albany, Oregon.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading north:

An interactive map:

Arriving at Oregon Motorcoach Center to pick up our coach:

Our coach waiting to be picked up:

Toading up:

Beltline Road, Eugene:

A skoolie:

“Top speed 61.27435 MPH”:

Heading to I-5 North:

I-5 North:

Albany exit:

Arriving at Blue Ox RV Park:

Parked at the entrance as directed:

Office:

Campground map:

Our site, #144, the same as last time:

Other sites:

Indoor pool: