Foretravel Owners' Forum For owners and Fans of Foretravel Motorcoaches September 10, 2025 ...

I opened the water pump bay this weekend to find these pictures.  Has any one else had this issue?  It's a pretty slow leak as it had been sitting for about three weeks.  I looked for about 5 minutes, but could not find where the leak was originating.  I'm wondering if its at the bend in hose, but couldn't tell.  I tried wiping everything up and drying it all, but I think the leak is slow enough that I couldn't get anything to start dripping to identify where the leak is.

Does anyone know which is the inlet and outlet side of the blue coolant valve?  I couldn't identify which end went into the water heater.  I couldn't follow the hose back far enough to tell.

Also, has anyone changed out these hoses before?  Is there a way to do it without pulling the water heater?

Thanks,
Benjie

Benjie,
I don't believe that you would be able to change out that close with out removing the water heater and possibly the water heater frame. My utility compartment is completely taken apart and I was going to change out those hoses, but they look to be in good condition and there is probably another 8 to 10 feet of hose (times 2 )once it gets through the bulkhead and goes over the transmission and differential before it gets to the engine, and is actually quite difficult to pull through the bulkhead even with all of the utility compartment guts removed. Spraying the hose with some WD-40 or wiping it down with same would make it easier to pull through and of course you'd be having to put a coupler in the hose to pull the new one in and that will be difficult as well (whose clamps would never make it through that bulkhead penetration), even with the water heater removed. It is a tight space to work in under the code between the bulkhead and the differential, in with it blocked up as high as I have mine. Difficult, but doable... also it is a challenge to identify for sure which hoes you're dealing with when working underneath the coach, and then to overcome the friction of all the hoses and cables pressing against it. It would help to identify exactly where on the engine or manifold that the motor eight clothes hooks up to, and then trace it back to the bulkhead. I think I will add some braided stainless hoses for the house hot water to make future removal and reinstallation easier when I get to that part of the project. Of course there maybe some differences in your setup that would make what you're looking to do possible... I hope so! Please be sure to post what you figure out and if I can think of anything else that may help I will chime in.
Of course as in the above post, making sure that the clamps on the hoses with a hook up at the water heater would be the very first step. Here an inspection camera or possibly a mirror would be of help to look at the orientation of the clamps and possibly even to spot the leak.
Don