excessive oil use in my Class C Freedom Express
Hi Everyone!
I'm new at this but would like to pose a question that probably has been posted before. I purchased a 2008 Coachmen Freedom Express mid-November 2104. It had only 15,000 miles on it. Beautiful rig and looked almost new to me considering I have a 2008 Dodge Caliber with over 102,000 miles on it. Salesman was pretty good but I'm not impressed with the service department. I was promised everything would be looked over and fixed if needed. Oh, btw, I'm a 60 y/o widow. If that makes a difference. A couple of incidents made me start to wonder if my RV had been serviced as promised.
I reconciled the other issues but another one has arisen. After an almost 800 mile trip to Philadelphia from NH it appeared that my oil pressure was low and I was to stop the engine. This occurred the morning after I returned home and wanted to move the rig. I immediately checked the oil which was almost empty. I filled it with 1 1/2 quarts of 5W/30 oil. Oh, I forgot, on the way home there was a terrible tapping sound coming from under the hood. I thought it was the result of all the *&@#! potholes I hit to and from my journey. So, after I filled it with oil, I took it for a ride around and the tapping was gone. I am guessing I'm pretty lucky? I was a fool not to check the oil before the trip but I thought everything was ready to go.
I am trying to read all I can, watch all the YouTube regarding RVs so that I will be able to handle this new venture. I absolutely LOVE it and love driving it. My dog and I boondocked on the way down in a rest area which was very exciting. And then we stayed at the Timberlane Campground in NJ. That place is awesome and I enjoyed that very much.
Do you think the dealer never looked at the oil? If somebody can help me with this and give me advice it would be very much appreciated. Please be kind to this old lady who's trying to live a dream long dreamt!
I'm new at this but would like to pose a question that probably has been posted before. I purchased a 2008 Coachmen Freedom Express mid-November 2104. It had only 15,000 miles on it. Beautiful rig and looked almost new to me considering I have a 2008 Dodge Caliber with over 102,000 miles on it. Salesman was pretty good but I'm not impressed with the service department. I was promised everything would be looked over and fixed if needed. Oh, btw, I'm a 60 y/o widow. If that makes a difference. A couple of incidents made me start to wonder if my RV had been serviced as promised.
I reconciled the other issues but another one has arisen. After an almost 800 mile trip to Philadelphia from NH it appeared that my oil pressure was low and I was to stop the engine. This occurred the morning after I returned home and wanted to move the rig. I immediately checked the oil which was almost empty. I filled it with 1 1/2 quarts of 5W/30 oil. Oh, I forgot, on the way home there was a terrible tapping sound coming from under the hood. I thought it was the result of all the *&@#! potholes I hit to and from my journey. So, after I filled it with oil, I took it for a ride around and the tapping was gone. I am guessing I'm pretty lucky? I was a fool not to check the oil before the trip but I thought everything was ready to go.
I am trying to read all I can, watch all the YouTube regarding RVs so that I will be able to handle this new venture. I absolutely LOVE it and love driving it. My dog and I boondocked on the way down in a rest area which was very exciting. And then we stayed at the Timberlane Campground in NJ. That place is awesome and I enjoyed that very much.
Do you think the dealer never looked at the oil? If somebody can help me with this and give me advice it would be very much appreciated. Please be kind to this old lady who's trying to live a dream long dreamt!
