Diesel Smell

[Scott]

Jim, a 04 M380, lemme get this right (at the risk of being a smart a$$)
You paid several hundred thousand for a new coach and it smells like
diesel, and has for some time. I am sure you have contacted BB for
advise and to fix the problem, under warranty of course! Just curious
what they said and have done. Ya know they resevered 14+million for
warranty issues, in their self professed revival. None the less what
did they say?? Have they left you to figure it out yourself?? Some
time soon, I know that they will be sending a tech with a coach (a new
450) to the left coast to redeliver it since in appx a year the coach
has had several "false starts" This coach has never made it to the home
of the owner! Last attempt it made it appx 100 miles from Ft Valley!
Maybe, the Tech could come to your location when delivering that coach.

Anyway, I rememeber a post from another owner on this forum that had a
similar issue. Jim Scoggins owns a M380 (not his coach leaking) and is
very knowledgable owner. (mebbe he will chime in here) but I think they
had fuel leaking into one of the bays as well. There has to be a fuel
line as Greg suggests leaking. Keep in mind that diesel can follow a
fuel line for a long ways before finally dripping off. Especially, if
the coach sits in one place for any period of time. I would check very
closely the heating system for a fuel leak, this may take some
creative thinking and lots of flashlight batteries. Can you see the
fuel line from underneath the coach (be very careful) from the fuel
tank forward? What about the top, sides of the storeage bays, you have
access to the rear of the refer? A fuel leak around a flame is a very
dangerous issue. I would think it is somewhat of a small leak (even
though it probably smells like a refinery) otherwise you would see fuel
dripping on the pavement, or the underside of the coach and/or your
towed and the back of the coach would look like it has a sheen, or
specks of road dust from the diesel fuel.

Best of luck and hope you get to the bottom of this. Let us know what
you find.

Scott B
86FC35
SC
--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "sizzbiz2" <sizzbiz2@...>
wrote:
>
> We have a 2004 M380 and despite the efforts of the factory, we
continue
> to get the smell of raw diesel in the coach as well as in the first
> three bins. The smell in the coach seems to come in via the heater
> vents and from the air intake vent under the refrigerator.
> I would appreciate knowing of others who have had this problem and
what
> solutions have been developed.
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Jim McGinnis
> M380 # 151
> Los Angeles
>