Leak Update
If It Weren't for Bad Luck................................
Well, you know how the rest goes. Our home was in the shop most the day on Thursday. They were going to use the 'Seal Tech' leak detection system. Basically, they pressurize the inside of the coach and use a soap solution on the outside to spot leaks. This system came highly recommended on the RV bulletin boards we frequent. Great, we should get some resolution on this!
About 20 minutes after dropping the coach off, we get a phone call. Here's how I expected the conversation to go; "Sir, there's not enough silicone in California to plug up all of the holes in this thing!" Instead, this is what I got; "Your coach is a lot tighter then most of the coaches we test, we're not sure whets going on." OK, my coach didn't feel so tight a few days ago when I had 5 bowls and cups situated around the slide out catching water!
They did pull out the window behind the door, there was no seal around the window. They did replace and reposition the seal around the street side out. They put a new gutter in the bedroom slide.
Friday afternoon, as predicted, it started raining. We were out in Carmel. When we got back, still leaking. In fact, the window on the slide out is leaking worse! There's still water on the floor behind the entrance door and on floor near the bedroom slide. So there's $500 well spent!
To top it all off, in the morning, I could here the familiar drip, drip, drip. Wait, it was bright and sunny, rain's not due until Friday evening. It turns out there is a drain pipe that rides on rail that moves in and out with the slide. Since it puts pressure on the drain, it is prone to cracking. Of course, ours picked today to crack! I pulled some research off the internet, turns out this is fairly common problem where the kitchen is on a slide. I got a quick description of what to do and decided to tackle it myself.
So, here's what the movable drain, water, gas and electric lines look like. That big white pipe, is the one that was cracked. I tore all of the lines down, cut out the white pipe and headed to Home Depot to get everyting I needed. When I returned, I cleaned out the 'grey water' that had seeped on the floor and disinfected the area. Then cut to size, glued the new pipe in and reassambled eveything. So, for $18 in parts and about 2 hours of my time, I fixed it!
I managed to save us a $100 service call and tying up the coach for the entire day! Now if I could just work this kind of magic on leaks!
About 20 minutes after dropping the coach off, we get a phone call. Here's how I expected the conversation to go; "Sir, there's not enough silicone in California to plug up all of the holes in this thing!" Instead, this is what I got; "Your coach is a lot tighter then most of the coaches we test, we're not sure whets going on." OK, my coach didn't feel so tight a few days ago when I had 5 bowls and cups situated around the slide out catching water!
They did pull out the window behind the door, there was no seal around the window. They did replace and reposition the seal around the street side out. They put a new gutter in the bedroom slide.
Friday afternoon, as predicted, it started raining. We were out in Carmel. When we got back, still leaking. In fact, the window on the slide out is leaking worse! There's still water on the floor behind the entrance door and on floor near the bedroom slide. So there's $500 well spent!
To top it all off, in the morning, I could here the familiar drip, drip, drip. Wait, it was bright and sunny, rain's not due until Friday evening. It turns out there is a drain pipe that rides on rail that moves in and out with the slide. Since it puts pressure on the drain, it is prone to cracking. Of course, ours picked today to crack! I pulled some research off the internet, turns out this is fairly common problem where the kitchen is on a slide. I got a quick description of what to do and decided to tackle it myself.
So, here's what the movable drain, water, gas and electric lines look like. That big white pipe, is the one that was cracked. I tore all of the lines down, cut out the white pipe and headed to Home Depot to get everyting I needed. When I returned, I cleaned out the 'grey water' that had seeped on the floor and disinfected the area. Then cut to size, glued the new pipe in and reassambled eveything. So, for $18 in parts and about 2 hours of my time, I fixed it!I managed to save us a $100 service call and tying up the coach for the entire day! Now if I could just work this kind of magic on leaks!
-Rich-
posted by Laura @ 9:48 PM
4 comments
4 Comments:
Rich and Laura---We went through 3 yrs of "leaks" but, Monaco was great in trying and finally resolving the problem. Dealers were a waste of time.
Your unit(being a 2004) should be either under warranty or at the very least Monaco should take care of it(even if you bought it used) under what they call "goodwill repair". Try to get an appointment at one of the factory locations. The Monaco facility in Wildwood Florida has about 20-30 water-electric sites for repair rigs to use, while there, free of charge..
Take Care and I feel your pain
Bob Soper
BobSoperFl@yahoo.com
2002 Admiral
36WDD
W-22
Summerfield Fl.
Thanks Bob! That looks like the way to go, except we're going to try to get into the facility in Oregon.
-Laura
Good Info.Assurance also provide same kind of service in gas leakage detection.
i have experienced there service.they were really good.
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