Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 09:47:51 -0400
Reply-To: Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
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From: Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
Subject: Re: Help needed - camping TOMORROW UPDATE
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Agree with David, not likely engine coolant. No coolant lines are inside
the body of the van in the area of the sink cabinet. You probably have a
leak in the city water plumbing, and when you hooked it up, it gushed out
inside the van. Now it is slowly trying to find ways to get out. There
are a few holes in the body under the sink cabinet for the sink drain, the
gas pipes, etc. Probably is just leaking out there. There is a circuit
breaker for the 120 V AC circuit. It is back on the bottom of the cabinet
near the bench/bed, right next to the ac outlet (I think). It is a little
round button that pops out when it trips. Push it back in. Also check for
ac power under the sink at the outlet the ac cord from the fridge plugs into.
I remember the first camping trip in our Westy. Water didn't work either,
nor stove, and fridge only while driving. It was still a lot of fun. Part
of my pleasure of the vanagon is thinking and dreaming of how to fix things
and solve problems and make improvements to the little house on wheels.
Edward
At 11:38 PM 6/6/2003, you wrote:
>At 10:20 PM 6/6/2003, Jay Roth wrote:
>>Water problem, however, may be worse than I thought and unrelated to hooking
>>up water from the outside. Does a coolant hose run underneath along the
>>driver's side?
>
>Two big pipes run right up the middle of the van, passing through the
>tunnel in the middle of the fuel tank. On yours probably plastic, earlier
>ones metal. The plastic ones tend to fail where the ends have reinforcements.
>
>
>>That's where water was "dripping out" under the van - EXACTLY below the sink
>>area... and it smells like coolant. It's also left the coolant spot on the
>>driveway. Give it to me straight...I think I can take it...
>
>Suspect not related -- may be from RV antifreeze (dunno about smell) spill,
>or previous spill or leak from rear heater etc. Get underneath with a
>light and check out the pipes.
>
>d
>
>
>--
>David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
>'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
>'85 GL "Poor Relation"
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