Diesel Smell

[Tom McCarthy]

Good point, George. I had the diesel smell in my bays on the '95
for the first few months. Strong when opening a bay door. I had
the AquaHot fully serviced when it stopped firing and the diesel
smell disappeared. Worth a try.

Tom McCarthy


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, George Lowry
wrote:
>
> Jim,
>
> Vehicle Systems had a problem with the fuel pump in the Aquahot
> leaking a few years ago. Mine did in the '95 Bird. Took me quite a
> while to find it. Meanwhile all the carpeting in the bays were
soaked.
> Got most of it out by soaking the carpet with vinegar, vacuuming.
then
> washing with soap an water with lots of vacuuming.
>
> The leak could be in either the supply or return lines of either
the
> generator or the Aquahot. I think that BB should stand behind it
also.
>
> George Lowry
> '06 Alpine Apex - Formerly '95 WBDA 4203
> Spearfish, SD - Enroute to Wilderness Lakes TTN, CA
>
> Scott wrote:.
>
> > 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
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