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RP178 sink drain issues.

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Topic: RP178 sink drain issues.

Posted By: johnremmett
Subject: RP178 sink drain issues.
Date 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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Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2014 at 7:08pm

Originally posted by johnremmett

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.

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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Posted By: techntrek
Date 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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Posted By: johnremmett
Date 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.