put the hose in to fill the water tank and

[marlee and me]

Hi I have just arrived home from the dealership with my first ever motor home it is a Elddiss 130 on a 08 plate. I have just filled the water tank and noticed it is all pouring back out underneath the van, am i doing somethging wrong have i omitted to do something or is this a problem i need to get sorted. Thanks

 

[movan]

Seems the drain button still open. You need to close it.

 

[glenn2926]

Has the boiler frost protection tripped? There was a hard frost here this morning.

 

[Lenny HB]

I expect the frost protection valve (dump Valve) is open.
It will be near the boiler and looks like this if it's a Truma system, you turn the knob on top and push the button in to close.

 

[Carpmart]

Could just be a full tank already and it’s the water tank overflow...?

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[David and Sally]

Water drain valves. Either the frost protect ot the valve that drains the taps. Did they not explain all this to you?

 

[DavidG58]

Don’t think the boiler drain would come in till you run a tap

my money is on Joy’s first thought drain is open movan

piss poor hand over though

 

[Speve]

Have you checked the tank gauge to see if it’s full?

 

[Two on Tour]

I could just be that you have over filled the tank.
It's the same on our Elddis, the tank has to have a breather to let the air out as the water goes in, and once the tank is full the water comes out of the breather hole on top of the tank and pour on the floor.

 

[Podney]

Always a good idea to video the handover......too late for you maybe,but a good idea for others hopefully.

Check the drain tap and the dump valve.

Let us know how you get on.

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[Two on Tour]

Have you checked the tank gauge to see if it’s full?

Hands up, who's got a gauge that's accurate enough to do that.

 

[Podney]

🖐

I know.....” there’s always one”

 

[Speve]

 

[movan]

I havn't but didn't want to feel left out.

 

[Badknee]

Hands up, who's got a gauge that's accurate enough to do that.

#notme

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[Jimbohorlicks]

It's an interesting overflow,your water tank is full to the brim when it starts to come over the top.

 

[Two on Tour]

It's an interesting overflow,your water tank is full to the brim when it starts to come over the top.

Is your Elddis 175 fresh water tank different to mine then ?

 

[RobbyMClark]

Go with movan to check the button that Kenny hb showed pic of it is usually close to the boiler itself.

2 out of 10 for your introduction though.

 

[berni109]

On an 08 plate it may be a different boiler dump valve.
Our 07 had a little pull up red knob near the base of the boiler.

 

[marlee and me]

I expect the frost protection valve (dump Valve) is open.
It will be near the boiler and looks like this if it's a Truma system, you turn the knob on top and push the button in to close.
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[marlee and me]

Hi Thanks i will take a look in the morning. Although i did buy from a dealership it has been serviced and had habitation check i thought it would have been ready to use.

 

[2 Jabs]

Hi Thanks i will take a look in the morning. Although i did buy from a dealership it has been serviced and had habitation check i thought it would have been ready to use.

I have an Eldiss 155, tank will overflow when full, I have a drain midships on the off side and the boiler drain is yellow next to the boiler.

You just need to make sure the drains are shut and hopefully your tank will fill okay.

 

[Riverbankannie]

Hi Thanks i will take a look in the morning. Although i did buy from a dealership it has been serviced and had habitation check i thought it would have been ready to use.

You could help yourself a lot by getting one of these, you will be on quite a steep learning curve for a while. Try and find one about the same published a couple of years after your MH built.

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[Spriddler]

There should be reference to the drain/dump valve in your Owners Manual if you have one.
It's a good idea to read through all the equipment manuals that came with the vehicle so that you have a basic idea of how everything operates. Do this at your leisure (as you are now) and not when on a pitch (at night in the rain) and under pressure with an issue that needs solving.

 

[Lenny HB]

Hi Thanks i will take a look in the morning. Although i did buy from a dealership it has been serviced and had habitation check i thought it would have been ready to use.

It only takes a cold night for the valve to open.

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[IRHP]

Look where the water is coming from. If it’s through a pipe or tube what is above it in the van, boiler or water tank? If it’s not coming out a tube or pipe stop filling till you find where it’s coming from.

 

[TerryL]

Hi Thanks i will take a look in the morning. Although i did buy from a dealership it has been serviced and had habitation check i thought it would have been ready to use.

When my van is serviced they always leave it in a "drained down for winter" condition as frost protection. To be fair they always remind me but your dealer may have "forgotten".

Where are you? I'm sure there will be a Funster around who would be happy to do another, proper, handover, or at least sort your problem for you.

 

[monzer]

Do dealers not even give out a little hand over leaflet? A list of troubleshooting maybe?

Is there water running out from underneath? Check your boiler dump valve it should look like this >.....

Have you closed the tap drain? It is located here >....

 

[movan]

If it IS the dump valve lever, put a clothes peg on it to stop it dumping should you ever need it not to when it is very cold.

 

[The Old Man]

I have a frost protection automatic valve on the heater tank.

On the cold water tank I have a manual plug similar in design to this;

I've had a few incidents;

When I drain the tank I have forgotten to replace the plug so as it fill it drains straight out!

I have left the plug out and returned a few days later to pit it in, so as to stop the possibility of anything getting into the tank. By that time the 'rubberised' (black) pat of the plug has dried up and gone a bit rigid. When I plug it back in it does not make a good seal and water slowly drains out and sometimes as the tank fills the plug floats out of the hole dumping the water rapidly. So I let some water go into the tank, get the plug wet, massage the black part and soften, to ensure a good seal.