Jerry Winchester
06-26-2006, 05:13 PM
Started a project on Saturday to fix an air leak that ended up being the pressure regulator that goes to the air flushing toilet. After taking the regulator off, it was easier to get a replacement at Grainger’s than to rebuild it.
However, what I discovered was there was oil all over it and inside as well. I had also noticed that there was an "oily smell" in the bathroom. As the aux air compressor is "oil less" and the coach air compressor is tied to the house air, the source of the oil must be from the engine compressor.
Has anyone else experienced this? I can tell you the last thing I want to do is pull that air compressor off of there, but unless someone can identify where this oil might be coming from, that looks like the culprit.
I would also add that I ran into my local Prevost service guys when I was in Grainger’s. They were also there buying parts (I remember Jon saying you could build a coach from parts you can buy at Grainger’s) and they were very encouraging with respect to people fixing stuff on their coaches. He said that by the time they got the coach in the shop, located the leak, took the regulator off, sent someone for the parts, marked the parts up, installed them and pushed it out the door, it would have cost me +/-$200 plus three hours to roundtrip the coach from the airport to the shop.
The regulator was $13, I picked up the parts on my way to lunch and it will take about 2 minutes to put it back on while the coach sits in the hanger. The point is, don't be afraid to tackle some of these problems.
The bonus was I got about 15 minutes of tech support while they were waiting for their parts. We got to talking about "The Leans" and they said this was the most frustrating part of their job. They describe the situation as dynamic in that the problems don't always repeat themselves daily.
I tend to agree in that my coach had been parked for two weeks and it was sitting as level as the day I parked it. I have parked it before and had it lean before morning, so whatever the issue is, it doesn't lend itself to repeatability.
However, what I discovered was there was oil all over it and inside as well. I had also noticed that there was an "oily smell" in the bathroom. As the aux air compressor is "oil less" and the coach air compressor is tied to the house air, the source of the oil must be from the engine compressor.
Has anyone else experienced this? I can tell you the last thing I want to do is pull that air compressor off of there, but unless someone can identify where this oil might be coming from, that looks like the culprit.
I would also add that I ran into my local Prevost service guys when I was in Grainger’s. They were also there buying parts (I remember Jon saying you could build a coach from parts you can buy at Grainger’s) and they were very encouraging with respect to people fixing stuff on their coaches. He said that by the time they got the coach in the shop, located the leak, took the regulator off, sent someone for the parts, marked the parts up, installed them and pushed it out the door, it would have cost me +/-$200 plus three hours to roundtrip the coach from the airport to the shop.
The regulator was $13, I picked up the parts on my way to lunch and it will take about 2 minutes to put it back on while the coach sits in the hanger. The point is, don't be afraid to tackle some of these problems.
The bonus was I got about 15 minutes of tech support while they were waiting for their parts. We got to talking about "The Leans" and they said this was the most frustrating part of their job. They describe the situation as dynamic in that the problems don't always repeat themselves daily.
I tend to agree in that my coach had been parked for two weeks and it was sitting as level as the day I parked it. I have parked it before and had it lean before morning, so whatever the issue is, it doesn't lend itself to repeatability.