Firefox
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Kind of motorhome related - certainly it has the theme of vans and tanks!
A friend's son has a new VW caddy which he is using for car valeting. It has had a water tank (with baffles) fitted of 250 litres capacity on the driver/passenger bulkhead. This together with the other equipment is coming in at 70 kg under payload.
The problem is that the vehicle has gone through 6 clutches in as many months. The dealer is claiming that the water moving in the tank is causing the clutches to wear out. Has anyone any experience of tanks in vehicles causing problems with the clutch. Although the caddy is not used much in motorhomes, as it is a smaller vehicle, there are many other similar and larger vehicles with fresh water tanks 50-200 litres and also a waste water tank of the same capacity both of which could be near full.
I've never heard of similar clutch problems myself.
A friend's son has a new VW caddy which he is using for car valeting. It has had a water tank (with baffles) fitted of 250 litres capacity on the driver/passenger bulkhead. This together with the other equipment is coming in at 70 kg under payload.
The problem is that the vehicle has gone through 6 clutches in as many months. The dealer is claiming that the water moving in the tank is causing the clutches to wear out. Has anyone any experience of tanks in vehicles causing problems with the clutch. Although the caddy is not used much in motorhomes, as it is a smaller vehicle, there are many other similar and larger vehicles with fresh water tanks 50-200 litres and also a waste water tank of the same capacity both of which could be near full.
I've never heard of similar clutch problems myself.