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Old 04-05-2015, 04:57 PM   #1
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1997 Fleetwood Discovery plumbing problems

As in my title I have a 1997 Fleetwood Discovery and I am having plumbing problems. Does anyone have a diagram of the pipes in my RV? I put water into the holding tank, tried to light the water heater and ended up with a flooded bathroom. I am not sure where the water was coming from but I can't use any water until I can find the problem leak..... I would really appreciate help from anyone with diagrams or ideas!

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I used to have a 97 36RS Discovery. I just looked but I don't see any water pipe drawings in my old files.

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. What tank did you put water into? The term holding tank is throwing me. Did you fill up the gray water holding tank by any chance? If you did, the tank could be full and flowing out the shower floor drain soaking the bathroom floor.

Lets assume you put water into the fresh water tank. Then you turned on the pump, correct? Is that when you noticed the water in the bathroom? Did you notice where the water was flowing from? Above the floor, maybe the sink area or toilet area, or do you think it is coming from below the floor where the pipes are located?

Pulling from my memory, the fresh water pipe comes from the water pump (or fresh water hookup called city water fill) travels along the drivers side back toward the bathroom, crosses over to the passenger side under the bathroom floor through a chaseway I believe under where the door is, supplies the shower and kitchen and then back along the passenger side wall to the water heater. Hot water travels from the heater along the passenger side wall to the shower and kitchen, crosses in the chaseway under the bathroom floor to the sink then back to the water pump area to supply the outdoor shower faucet and the drain that is there.

Have any pictures to show what is going on? Is this the first time it has happened since winterizing?

Keep us posted
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As in my title I have a 1997 Fleetwood Discovery and I am having plumbing problems. Does anyone have a diagram of the pipes in my RV? I put water into the holding tank, tried to light the water heater and ended up with a flooded bathroom. I am not sure where the water was coming from but I can't use any water until I can find the problem leak..... I would really appreciate help from anyone with diagrams or ideas!

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Call Fleetwood RV Customer Support and they will immediately e-mail you the applicable diagrams for your coach. Ask them for the heating and electrical diagrams as well.
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I used to have a 97 36RS Discovery. I just looked but I don't see any water pipe drawings in my old files.

You indicated you . What tank did you put water into? The term holding tank is throwing me. Did you fill up the gray water holding tank by any chance? If you did, the tank could be full and flowing out the shower floor drain soaking the bathroom floor.

Lets assume you put water into the fresh water tank. Then you turned on the pump, correct? Is that when you noticed the water in the bathroom? Did you notice where the water was flowing from? Above the floor, maybe the sink area or toilet area, or do you think it is coming from below the floor where the pipes are located?

Pulling from my memory, the fresh water pipe comes from the water pump (or fresh water hookup called city water fill) travels along the drivers side back toward the bathroom, crosses over to the passenger side under the bathroom floor through a chaseway I believe under where the door is, supplies the shower and kitchen and then back along the passenger side wall to the water heater. Hot water travels from the heater along the passenger side wall to the shower and kitchen, crosses in the chaseway under the bathroom floor to the sink then back to the water pump area to supply the outdoor shower faucet and the drain that is there.

Have any pictures to show what is going on? Is this the first time it has happened since winterizing?

Keep us posted
I got in touch with Fleetwood and they send me the diagram for the plumbing and 2 diagrams for electrical. I would be glad to share them with you if you could still use them.... lgkersey@frontiernet.net
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Call Fleetwood RV Customer Support and they will immediately e-mail you the applicable diagrams for your coach. Ask them for the heating and electrical diagrams as well.
Thank you for your help, I contacted Fleetwood and they send me a diagram of the plumbing and 2 diagrams of the electrical. I would gladly share if you are interested. lgkersey@frontiernet.net
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I don't need them with my 2006 Discovery, but I assure you others with coaches like yours will. Keep an eye out for someone with the similar problem and you can help them.

Did you fix the problem?
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