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johnremmett
Newbie Joined: 31 May 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 10 |
Topic: RP178 sink drain issues. Posted: 11 Nov 2014 at 6:39pm |
Spend a few minutes winterizing my 2015 178 today. Many thanks to the valuable assistance on this website. It took me a an hour or so but now I think I could do it in 15-30 minutes.
I am posting now as I encountered a problem with the sink drain. Once I had the antifreeze in the lines I noticed a drip from the area below the slide out in front of the wheel. It was some of the antifreeze dripping out. I began to check inside and found the sink drain to be loose and leaking. There is a flexible drain line to accommodate the movement of the slide, but the flexible drain line was very poorly attached. I figure it came from the factory that way. To fix it I had to remove a couple of panels and reattach the drain line correctly. A simple fix, of course, but I was unaware until today. I am posting this as a heads up to all 178 owners to be aware of this potential problem. |
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kymooses
Senior Member Joined: 01 Aug 2010 Location: Louisville, Ky Online Status: Offline Posts: 1807 |
Posted: 11 Nov 2014 at 7:08pm |
Hoses and sink connections are often things to check regularly. Hate that you had to find that out the hard way. Each spring I find something that needs tightening somewhere.
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 11 Nov 2014 at 7:54pm |
Especially since most of the drain fittings in the pods aren't glued like you would find at home, instead you have threaded fittings which loosen up.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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johnremmett
Newbie Joined: 31 May 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 10 |
Posted: 12 Nov 2014 at 6:08pm |
I really don't think the drain was properly installed at the factory. The reason I posted this was to alert others with new 178's to check this on their campers. I plan to keep an eye on it hereafter to make sure it doesn't come loose again.
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