jr92897 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Hey, so I've just bought a Compass Drifter 360e on a 1998 Peugeot Boxer and I'm having some issues with how the water system works and hoping someone here can help me out! I wasn't shown how to use anything in the motorhome when I bought it, and there appears to be no manual online so everything is pure guesswork. So, when I fill up the water tank with water (from bottles, if that makes any difference, as no hose), and turn on the pump in the control panel, water pours out from somewhere underneath the van and then stops pouring out when I turn the pump off again. Is this a leak or could it be a drain valve or something? It's not the overflow pipe, I know that much. It does this no matter how much/little water is in the tank. No water comes out from the sink and shower taps whether the pump is on or off, either. When I pour water down the drain in the sink it comes straight out of a small hose underneath the van, which appears should be connected to a blue valve thing that looks like it should open and close (but isn't connected) so what I'm wondering is if I connect that hose back to the blue valve thing, will the water that's gone down the drain back back up into the sink above or is there like a special tank that holds it before you empty it? Or is it supposed to drain straight out onto the floor? Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gman Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Hello, Sounds like the frost protection valve, (if fitted) is still open, it's a little grey thingy near the water heater, possibly with a button sticking out, try pushing it back in. Same thing caught me out. Lots of post on here about it. http://forums.outandaboutlive.co.uk/forums/Motorhomes/Motorhome-Matters/Truma-water-dump-valve/45874/ Hope this helps. Gman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Welcome to the Out&AboutLive forums, Jay. 1998 is essentially pre-Internet, so an instruction manual for your Drifter may well not be available on-line. The earliest handbook on the Elddis website is for 2003 motorhomes http://www.elddis.co.uk/documents/Handbooks/2003/motorhome-handbook.pdf but this may still be helpful to you for general guidance. Normal practice in the late-1990s was for UK motorhome manufacturers to fit a convector ‘fire’ for air-heating and a separate boiler for water-heating, and those appliances were often made by Carver. The frost-protection safety/drain valve Gman mentions was used with Truma C-Series combination air/water heaters, but it’s unlikely that this appliance (and the valve) was fitted to your Compass motorhome. However, all the symptons you’ve described point (as you have suggested) to the motorhome's water-system drain-valve being open. This might not be too surprising as it’s normal practice to completely drain a motorhome’s water system to prevent frost-damage if the vehicle is out of use during the winter. I can’t tell you where the drain-valve is, but you should able to spot it if you trace the water-hoses back from the taps. Carver water-boilers also had drain plugs, so this link may help http://www.waudbys.co.uk/howto/2002-10-21001/index.phtml A motorhome’s waste-water system will include a tank into which water from the kitchen-sink, wash-basin and shower-tray drain. The waste-water tank will have some means to empty it and a common arrangement with UK-built motorhomes was for the tank to have a small-bore ‘corrugated' hose connected to it with a ‘tap’ on its outer end (photo of typical tap attached). If that’s what you’ve got, then reconnect the hose from the tank to it. I’m also going to suggest that you invest in this book by the late-John Wcikersham https://www.amazon.co.uk/Motorcaravan-Manual-Choosing-Using-Maintaining/dp/0857331248/ref=dp_ob_title_bk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr92897 Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 Thank you for your replies, I'm gonna look for said valve today. Derek, I probably should've mentioned, the water heater looks relatively new and is a Truma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 If the water-boiler is a Truma appliance, you’ll find it referred to on Page 23 of the 2003 Elddis handbook http://www.elddis.co.uk/documents/Handbooks/2003/motorhome-handbook.pdf In the drawing the position of the manually-operated safety/drain valve is shown as being close to the boiler. This would make sense but may not be the case in reality!!! You can view/download installation/operating instructions for Truma products from here https://dealernew.truma.com/_anweisungen/Truma_Katalog/index_gb.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr92897 Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 It was the dump valve, thank you for your help guys. I can now shower!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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