Alde Heating drain......

[Taff015]

Hi all, looking at videos online regarding draining the heating fluid from an Alde compact 3000 and it shows videos of a brass drain plug.

I cannot find said plug on my Flair 8000i. could it be that mine is missing?

the only thing I can find underneath my vehicle is this directly below the heater. Is this the reason the heating is leaking???

If not, where in Zues's butthole should I look?


Many thanks

Paul

 

[Googlebot]

Look everywhere under the van. They aren’t usually by the heater.

Try the back of the van.

 

[Taff015]

Look everywhere under the van. They aren’t usually by the heater.

Try the back of the van.

ill get under and have a sccoby thanks

 

[funflair]

Should be a brass valve with a cap on under the boiler, ours was anyway

 

[Taff015]

Should be a brass valve with a cap on under the boiler, ours was anyway

that picture was from directly under the van where the boiler is..... perhaps its missing? think ill pump some water through and see if it falls out!!

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[funflair]

Whats the other side of the big pipe?

 

[Googlebot]

that picture was from directly under the van where the boiler is..... perhaps its missing? think ill pump some water through and see if it falls out!!

I am confused, does the heating work?

 

[Taff015]

Whats the other side of the big pipe?

Nothing as far as I can see

 

[Taff015]

I am confused, does the heating work?

Not sure yet! I’m reluctant to switch it on before I’ve made sure there is fluid in the system

 

[JockandRita]

Not sure yet! I’m reluctant to switch it on before I’ve made sure there is fluid in the system

What's the coolant level in the header tank indicating?

Cheers,

Jock.

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[Taff015]

What's the coolant level in the header tank indicating?

Cheers,

Jock.

Wasn’t showing so I threw a litre of water in there. Now just above min.

 

[funflair]

You could just try refilling it and see what it takes, bleed a few of radiators and set the pump running, and then fire it up.

 

[Taff015]

You could just try refilling it and see what it takes, bleed a few of radiators and set the pump running, and then fire it up.

Will do. I’ve got antifreeze and water arriving tomorrow.

 

[Googlebot]

I would just fill it with water first. Antifreeze is expensive to dribble on the drive.

 

[pappajohn]

Ours (caravan) was at the lowest points of the system..... There was three drain tubes.
Black rubber tube underneath with a brass end.
Unscrew the brass insert and let drain.
Ours had, for a long time, been heating plain tap water by the previous owner.... The pipes internal diameters were a quarter of their new size due to limescale buildup.

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[TheBig1]

just fill with tap water to test and flush first. When it is working, refill with the 10 year antifreeze and distilled water

 

[MisterB]

treat it just as you would with any wet heating system. make sure its full, bleed the radiators and then when youre happy that the system is full, start it up to see if it works. then you can check your pump etc

if that was the drain valve and the 'bung' was missing, then as soon as you add water then the water would just pour out, do as suggested and just use water to make sure you dont waste antifreeze or let it enter the environment

 

[TheBig1]

never a bad idea to flush the system through on a system of unknown servicing and condition. As pappajohn says above, don't run for any length of time with tap water or it will ruin every part

 

[funflair]

He still needs to find the drain when he has filled it with tap water though, just sooner than if it had glycol in

 

[Taff015]

He still needs to find the drain when he has filled it with tap water though, just sooner than if it had glycol in

I’ll get under her again in the morning. It must be somewhere!!

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[aba]

The Alde 3010 on ours has no drain point fitted as Dethleffs didn’t fit one.
ours suffered a thermal incident (Alde’s words) due to poor air circulation in the wardrobe around the boiler and blew the thermal fuse on the circuit board. On investigation it was weeping heater fluid from the main seal where the electric elements go inside the heater casing.
It was difficult to spot because it seemed to evaporate from the bottom of the heater.

 

[Taff015]

The Alde 3010 on ours has no drain point fitted as Dethleffs didn’t fit one.
ours suffered a thermal incident (Alde’s words) due to poor air circulation in the wardrobe around the boiler and blew the thermal fuse on the circuit board. On investigation it was weeping heater fluid from the main seal where the electric elements go inside the heater casing.
It was difficult to spot because it seemed to evaporate from the bottom of the heater.

I have the service manual and it doesn’t mention a drain point.... I’ll pump some water round with my diy system and se what’s what

 

[John Barrett]

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