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Re: filling fresh water tank and forgetting

Reply #50 –
Quote from: oldguy –
One of the first things I did was lengthen the overflow hose below the bulkhead after I got the coach.
Does that help with all the snow and muck that gets plastered into your wheel wells.
Clean, seal, paint. Is a occasional potable water really going to compare to actually using. I've got surface corrosion from being parked to much, not being overfilled to much during my coaches life. I do agree with a extension hose but is that really going to improve life over some preventative maintenance.
Scott

Re: filling fresh water tank and forgetting

Reply #51 –
It does not help when the tank fills and dumps the excess down below. Driving in the rain gets water behind the big angle iron and if there is any salt or chemicals remaining from earlier days, it makes it worse. Driving where it has snowed or is snowing is the worst. Tough to seal that area. If it's 90 percent sealed, any water that seeps in will take longer to evaporate. We all have rust, the hard to answer question is how much. Check the bulkhead photos on the otherwise really nice U300 on the Foretravel Owners Forum.

Pierce
Pierce and Gaylie Stewart
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Re: filling fresh water tank and forgetting

Reply #52 –
Quote from: dsd –
Does that help with all the snow and muck that gets plastered into your wheel wells.
Clean, seal, paint. Is a occasional potable water really going to compare to actually using. I've got surface corrosion from being parked to much, not being overfilled to much during my coaches life. I do agree with a extension hose but is that really going to improve life over some preventative maintenance.
Scott

My bulkhead is welded and beefed, then sealed many yrs ago. While doing the rear air bags with the fenders off. Looked at the overflow vent, and the bulkhead, thinking I would do something.
Then I looked at the whole thing, and like you said, this gets wet all the time in the rain, and how many times have I overflowed the tank....Once in 5 yrs. It's not worth worrying about.It's a great design in my opinion the way it is.
Chris
Chris and Tammy White  CDA Idaho
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Re: filling fresh water tank and forgetting

Reply #53 –
I posted before that after checking the bulkhead bolts I used Pennzoil undercoating and sealed the whole area. Time will tell if it succeeded in protecting the bulkhead.
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