Alde Blue Heat Fail Continues...

[Robb]

The Nightmare continues... but at least I have my cheap diesel heater as a back up, although no hot water option yet! Alde stated that the system needed to be serviced with the new pink 5 year fluid and by an approved Alde service rep. I did that on Saturday, Andrew from Trent Caravan Services came and replenished the system with the pink fluid and with the Alde Service Pump, but within an hour we had the Blue overheat fail again, both gas and electric failed the same way, but more so on electric supply? Andrew from Trent is a great guy, I would highly recommend him, I'm hoping he can find a solution with Alde on Monday morning, if not I guess I'll have to go to them. Not good for a system that is less than 3 years old and only 3000 miles on the clock, so little use!!

 

[mitzimad]

no expert on alde but as a domestic heating man i would think its either not circulating (pump? valve closed? system blocked)or not switching of when it reaches temerature (thermistor?) if it takes an hour to go to overheat i would think the latter

 

[EuroTrotters]

no expert on alde but as a domestic heating man i would think its either not circulating (pump? valve closed? system blocked)or not switching of when it reaches temerature (thermistor?) if it takes an hour to go to overheat i would think the latter

Common failure is the non return butterfly valve .

Absolute Tw@@ of A thing.

Ours failed twice, first time in the Pyrenees in -17c.

It was Christmas/New year in France with not a dealer anywhere near, even if they were open.

Good job I’m technically minded. God alone knows how someone new to motorhomes and no technical knowledge would have coped. Even if they carried a tool box !

Second time it happened. I just removed the cheap nylon butterFly from the heavy brass valve.

Always worked perfect after that.

 

[Robb]

Booked into Alde, but the first slot is 28 June!

 

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[Robb]

Hi John,

I'm bleeding fed up of bleeding. there is something else wrong, I've just got a bad one! I look forward to a day at Alde in Northampton to understand the system better and get a resolution