hi all.
i recently purchased my first motorhome. a brand new dethleffs advantage 7871 double floor tag axle jobby.
when i went to collect said MH when we were given our hand over tour of the van the hand over man noticed that the coolant level was a little low in the engine and said that he would top get it topped up.
we couldn't take said MH home due to a postal hiccup which meant the insurance didn't arrive in time for it to be taxed so we arranged to collect 3 days later.
when i arrived at home i just parked it up as it was dark and snowing.
the following day i decided to have a good look round and noticed a pink crusty trail in one of the lockers between the floors. i traced it to the alde engine heat exchanger pump thinking one of the hose clips may just be a little loose i tightened the clips cleaned up the mess and thought no more of it. last week we took it for a run and when i returned home i looked at the suspect area and yes once again a small pool of pink antifreeze so i looked a little closer and the pump has a hair line crack in the impellor housing. i dont want to drive the MH whilst its leaking through fear of the damage to the underfloor bulkheads with this leakage but on the other hand i dont want to remove the pump for fear of invalidating any warranties on the van. the dealer i bought it from is over 100 miles away. just wondering what my options are.
thanks in advance
andy
i recently purchased my first motorhome. a brand new dethleffs advantage 7871 double floor tag axle jobby.
when i went to collect said MH when we were given our hand over tour of the van the hand over man noticed that the coolant level was a little low in the engine and said that he would top get it topped up.
we couldn't take said MH home due to a postal hiccup which meant the insurance didn't arrive in time for it to be taxed so we arranged to collect 3 days later.
when i arrived at home i just parked it up as it was dark and snowing.
the following day i decided to have a good look round and noticed a pink crusty trail in one of the lockers between the floors. i traced it to the alde engine heat exchanger pump thinking one of the hose clips may just be a little loose i tightened the clips cleaned up the mess and thought no more of it. last week we took it for a run and when i returned home i looked at the suspect area and yes once again a small pool of pink antifreeze so i looked a little closer and the pump has a hair line crack in the impellor housing. i dont want to drive the MH whilst its leaking through fear of the damage to the underfloor bulkheads with this leakage but on the other hand i dont want to remove the pump for fear of invalidating any warranties on the van. the dealer i bought it from is over 100 miles away. just wondering what my options are.
thanks in advance
andy