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cranej
Explorer
Aug 12, 2015

Coachmen Leprechaun 320DS Water system

It has been a while since I've posted in RV.net but I have a question for all of you out there. Have any of you experienced a faulty water system in your RV? We have a 2009 Coachmen Leprechaun 320DS and EVERY SINGLE YEAR the water system burst behind the main panel. This year, it burst WHILE winterized. It doesn't matter what RV dealership or shop winterizes it, it still happens.

I was wondering if anyone else has ever had this issue.

I'm thinking about writing a letter to Coachmen about this faulty water system and how unhappy we are with their product.

Thanks!
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  • cranej's avatar
    cranej
    Explorer
    Aug 12, 2015
    Not sure exactly where but we are not able to do anything when it busts.....such as fill fresh water tank, use it in house, etc. It's totally busted. The RV shop called me this afternoon and it has busted again...while still winterized. Not sure what else to do.

    I've sent off an email to the Coachmen rep at Forest River.
  • Old-Biscuit's avatar
    Old-Biscuit
    Explorer III
    Aug 12, 2015
    What part of system did that break off of.......fill, tank flush, city water, winterize, filter, water pump etc????

    The 'winterizing' is NOT being done completely/correctly.......WATER is being trapped/left behind and cold weather.....freezes/expands/burst

    Poor design....poor winterizing procedure.......combination of both ?

    After first time......if same portion of system being damaged second time shouldn't have happened. That section of plumbing system should have had better attention paid to it.
  • Turner__P's avatar
    Turner__P
    Explorer
    Aug 12, 2015
    I have a Water Works system also but it has a bigger and different panel than yours. So far I have not had any problems. It is extremely hard to find any information on this set up. When we bought it a technician gave a 10 minute "here is what you need to know about your RV". We pretty much had to figure out everything by ourselves. The biggest issue is trying to sanitize the fresh water tank with the way the tank is filled.
  • cranej's avatar
    cranej
    Explorer
    Aug 12, 2015
    donn0128 wrote:
    Sounds to me like someone damaged a line or fitting and did a micky mouse repair that now keeps failing. Either have a dealer or you fix it correctly and move on.

    If it was damaged, than it was done before we got it because the area in which is keeps bursting is not accessible unless you take off the entire water panel.
  • donn0128's avatar
    donn0128
    Explorer II
    Aug 12, 2015
    Sounds to me like someone damaged a line or fitting and did a micky mouse repair that now keeps failing. Either have a dealer or you fix it correctly and move on.
  • cranej's avatar
    cranej
    Explorer
    Aug 12, 2015
    We have antifreeze put in it every year. As for the line colors, I'm not sure. I do remember seeing a bunch of white. I may have pics somewhere. If I can find it, I will try to attach.
  • Hemi_RT's avatar
    Hemi_RT
    Explorer
    Aug 12, 2015
    Are they just blowing it out with air or are they pumping RV antifreeze through the complete system? Blowing out with air does not remove all the water and it will settle in the low spots of the lines and if enough collects in these spots it will freeze; also what type of lines do you have ( colour of the lines).

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