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Old 07-27-2017, 02:39 PM   #15
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How much effort is required while out checking to make sure the jacks are down, etc. to walk back and open the engine area and check the sight glass? Just part of our routine when getting into a site and making hookups, etc. Did have a new sight glass put in this year. Really easy to view - doesn't take much to make my life easier.


Maybe you don't understand, the engine must be at operating temperature when you check the cooling level, you want to do that at the beginning of the day. Checking the coolant level when you put he jacks down implies doing it at the end of the day, while certainly the engine will be up to temp, you need to know the coolant level before driving all day. Your process will kind of work if you are stopping at the end of a day driving, intend to drive the next day and are comfortable checking levels roughly 12 hours before you take off.

In the morning when you would normally do your "before departure" check list (which should include checking the coolant level) means running the engine for about 20 (or more) minutes either idling at the campground or stopping along the road. Neither way seems to make my life (or that of my neighbors) easier. Thus the suggestion that it would make our lives easier if WRV had placed a sight glass at the cool level (rather than at the operating temp level) that way I could check the level before I left in the morning. I agree if you are driving everyday, only stopping over night, your process would work, but what about those days that you have been parked for several days (or even a month).
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I purchased a new sight glass form; McMASTER-CARR product# 1079K42 High-Pressure Nickel-Plated Steel Glass Sight, with Reflector, 1/2 NPT Male 1" Hex Sixe.
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Old 07-27-2017, 06:38 PM   #17
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Maybe you don't understand, the engine must be at operating temperature when you check the cooling level, you want to do that at the beginning of the day. Checking the coolant level when you put he jacks down implies doing it at the end of the day, while certainly the engine will be up to temp, you need to know the coolant level before driving all day. Your process will kind of work if you are stopping at the end of a day driving, intend to drive the next day and are comfortable checking levels roughly 12 hours before you take off.

In the morning when you would normally do your "before departure" check list (which should include checking the coolant level) means running the engine for about 20 (or more) minutes either idling at the campground or stopping along the road. Neither way seems to make my life (or that of my neighbors) easier. Thus the suggestion that it would make our lives easier if WRV had placed a sight glass at the cool level (rather than at the operating temp level) that way I could check the level before I left in the morning. I agree if you are driving everyday, only stopping over night, your process would work, but what about those days that you have been parked for several days (or even a month).
Just where do you think that coolant is going to go during the night, or even sitting for several weeks? Unless there is a leak that you are worried about?

Guess that we've been doing everything wrong for 12 years.
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Interesting--I've been doing things wrong for over 14 years but checking the coolant isn't one of them [smile].......
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OK, where does the coolant go that causes it to be lost during the night? Now if there is coolant on the ground obviously a leak, but with no leak, where does it go that it won't be back when it is warmed up the next day (week)?
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Your observation about the "h-valve" has really saved me great irritation. After having the expansion valve replaced and the system flushed, I was still getting warm air with the air conditioner blowing. So took the coach to Awesome RV (new name for I-5 Uhlmann's) and told them what was going on, where to look and how to find the problem. Bottom Line it worked and now the Dash Air works. For the last week we have been in 90+ degree weather and the dash air has kept us cool. First time in the last 10 years when the air has worked for more than 2 days. Thank-you.
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