Suspect hydraulic pump (slides) fading
I have a fifth wheel at an RV park where it now lives. When I arrive I open the slides and when I leave I close them. When I left last week, the slides moved much slower and I had to push the last sl...
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The bottom is sealed. I have 4 slides of which 3 I can not see. The slide in the bedroom under the bed is not leaking.
I have 6 leveling jacks which I do not see any oil.
So, the plan is to
1. check the battery voltage at the pump.
2. Assume the leak is the problem and find it.
But the system has worked fine with the disappearing oil and it is not pumping oil out. The pressure seems to be holding just fine.
When I closed the slides (I have a single slide switch), they retracted at a much slower rate than the last 15 times. It seems like it is running at 1/2 power.
While I may have a misterious leak, I am not loosing that much oil to cause my slides to move so slow. If the leak were bad, the oil would be pumped out.
I have 6 leveling jacks which I do not see any oil.
So, the plan is to
1. check the battery voltage at the pump.
2. Assume the leak is the problem and find it.
But the system has worked fine with the disappearing oil and it is not pumping oil out. The pressure seems to be holding just fine.
When I closed the slides (I have a single slide switch), they retracted at a much slower rate than the last 15 times. It seems like it is running at 1/2 power.
While I may have a misterious leak, I am not loosing that much oil to cause my slides to move so slow. If the leak were bad, the oil would be pumped out.
