Water Problem.

Obanboy666

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Fresh water tank gauge has 5 led’s for contents and this morning 3 lit so had shower and down to 2 lit. Heading home tomoss so only put 30 litres in which lit 4 led’s, more than enough until I get home tomoss.
Checked gauge an hour ago and only 2 led lit ? Had not used much water so mystified.
Decided to put another 10 litres in and basically it’s leaking out the tank quicker than I poured it in. Had a quick look and difficult to see where from, cannot be the bottom of the tank as still have 2 led’s Lit. So looks like I will be crawling about under the van when I get home.
It would happen now when it’s freezing cold, just my luck. Checked the Truma dump valve and all ok.
So I have set the truma on heating only without water heating so will be warm tonight and can wash up the old way by boiling the kettle.
 
Obanboy666 said:
Fresh water tank gauge has 5 led’s for contents and this morning 3 lit so had shower and down to 2 lit. Heading home tomoss so only put 30 litres in which lit 4 led’s, more than enough until I get home tomoss.
Checked gauge an hour ago and only 2 led lit ? Had not used much water so mystified.
Decided to put another 10 litres in and basically it’s leaking out the tank quicker than I poured it in. Had a quick look and difficult to see where from, cannot be the bottom of the tank as still have 2 led’s Lit. So looks like I will be crawling about under the van when I get home.
It would happen now when it’s freezing cold, just my luck. Checked the Truma dump valve and all ok.
So I have set the truma on heating only without water heating so will be warm tonight and can wash up the old way by boiling the kettle.
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Is it possible that a drain valve has somehow opened?
Taken from 404 - Page Not Found (but if you click on the link, the page will be found!).
"Has anyone else noticed that the drain valves from the water tanks are actually higher than the base of the tanks, so that it is impossible to empty them completely?"
Sound a bit like your issue, though the photo would suggest that it's in easy sight on the side of the van - at least on the Limousin.
The same page also has a section about the boiler drain on the Camargue:
"The drain tap for the boiler is also on the bottom of the cupboard right near the front. Any pressure on this drains the water system. I had had to cut a hole in the 3 mm ply floor to clear this and I made this hole exactly the same size a the cap of an aerosol. I cut this aerosol cap to fit exactly over the drain tap."
 
TJBi said:
Is it possible that a drain valve has somehow opened?
Taken from 404 - Page Not Found (but if you click on the link, the page will be found!).
"Has anyone else noticed that the drain valves from the water tanks are actually higher than the base of the tanks, so that it is impossible to empty them completely?"
Sound a bit like your issue, though the photo would suggest that it's in easy sight on the side of the van - at least on the Limousin.
The same page also has a section about the boiler drain on the Camargue:
"The drain tap for the boiler is also on the bottom of the cupboard right near the front. Any pressure on this drains the water system. I had had to cut a hole in the 3 mm ply floor to clear this and I made this hole exactly the same size a the cap of an aerosol. I cut this aerosol cap to fit exactly over the drain tap."
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Don’t think it’s a drain valve unless there’s another on the tank that I’m not aware off. The valve to drain the tank is on the side in full view, I ’ll have a look Monday or Tuesday when I’m home.
What’s bizarre is I haven’t moved for a couple of days and everything has been ok. I could understand it happening if I was on the move with vibration etc causing a leak. I just hope it’s a pipe or similiar that’s come adrift and not a hole in the actual tank.
My daughters partner has a friend with a pit, I may ask if I can use it as don’t fany crawling around under the van in this weather.
 
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When I had a water leak my pump spun up for a second every 30 seconds or so, it turned out to be a loose pipe clip under the sink in the toilet, do truma have a pump? If they do and you don’t hear the pump spinning, it would point to the main tank maybe?
 
Scrag said:
When I had a water leak my pump spun up for a second every 30 seconds or so, it turned out to be a loose pipe clip under the sink in the toilet, do truma have a pump? If they do and you don’t hear the pump spinning, it would point to the main tank maybe?
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Definately the main tank or the filler pipe to it. The pump hasn’t fired up since I stopped using the hot and cold water taps.
 
Is it the water level gauge playing up ?

Or can you see the water going down ?

How did you get on testing your old leisure batteries ?
 
If you are on a pressurised system and your pump is not kicking in and out there is no reason to not have your hot water on.
 
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harrow said:
Is it the water level gauge playing up ?

Or can you see the water going down ?

How did you get on testing your old leisure batteries ?
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Water fault diagnosed, gauge playing up as you suggested.
Before I left Cumbria this morning as usual I drained off the Truma and water tanks. The fresh water tank took an age to drain, much longer than it should have according to where the gauge led’s were on control panel. When I topped the tank up yesterday I reckon what I thought was the water leaking out was actually the overflow as tank was full!
When the weather improves I will fill the tank and if the vibrations from the journey home this morning hasn’t sorted it I will look to remove the gauge probe.
Regarding the batteries I mentioned in a previous post I tested them with a known wattage 12v bulb and both knackered. Now replaced and all ok.
 
Thought I would fill the tank today and all appears ok and so it must have been a sensor problem. If it happens again I will remove the sensor and clean / replace it.
 
Steve, It's the drink that does it.

Alf........ :cool1::mad1:


Obanboy666 said:
Thought I would fill the tank today and all appears ok and so it must have been a sensor problem. If it happens again I will remove the sensor and clean / replace it.
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Limescale on the sensor messes mine up, I've put in a alloy plate with in the bottom of the tank bonded to chassis now, and this scales up first, easier to clean.
 
My water gauge hasn't been showing a true reading for about a year now... it's a standard old needle gauge. Even when I fill the tank to overflowing, it still says I have little more than half a tank. The gauge seems to come to its senses when I'm down to about 30 litres, so it keeps pace again until I'm actually running out. Annoying but I'll live with it because the tank is really tough to get at and it might just be something daft like the little needle sticking behind the perspex!
 
Minisorella said:
My water gauge hasn't been showing a true reading for about a year now... it's a standard old needle gauge. Even when I fill the tank to overflowing, it still says I have little more than half a tank. The gauge seems to come to its senses when I'm down to about 30 litres, so it keeps pace again until I'm actually running out. Annoying but I'll live with it because the tank is really tough to get at and it might just be something daft like the little needle sticking behind the perspex!
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I's most likely the sensor in the tank causing the problem, so if you cant get to it then you're snookered.
 
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molly 2 said:
I think it is because they are crap and never work properly .
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The are temperamental, The one in my Autocruise never went wrong in the 4 years I had it. I live in a hard water area and this does affect the one in my swift a lot.
 
yeoblade said:
True, I'll change it to stainless steel.
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And today I [emoji3] did whilst flushing out tank with Puriclean.
This picture shows the Alli plate with the growth of scale building up, and in next post, my new stainless steel one I fitted. 20190405_153730.jpg

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