There was a steady drip and the floor of the water heater compartment was soaked. And, just to make my day, I also noticed a small puddle of engine coolant on the cement slab beneath the motorhome. Great!!The coolant leak was not serious but it would have to be repaired. The water leak, however, had to be taken care of immediately. The only access to the back of our water heater is through an eight-by-ten inch opening. You can look into the compartment through the opening, you can reach into the compartment through the opening. No way can you do both at the same time. And I know that removing the water heater is an involved procedure on our model motorhome.
On Monday I called the service department of Bill Plemmons RV. They have talented and skilled service technicians who have experience with our model motorhome. And because they are good, they are usually busy. "Bring it in, we'll squeeze you into our schedule" said the service administrator. We arrive at 2:30. They can't work on our rig today but we are welcome to camp in the back lot. It wasn't the first night we have spent a romantic evening enjoying the ambiance of a repair facility.
After parking on a cement slab I check the leaks. There is no sign of any leaks. They are miraculously cured! Four hours later the floor of the water heater compartment is dry. There is no sign of a coolant leak on the concrete slab or the bottom of the engine.
A service tech arrived at our door at 8:30this morning. Eleven years of RV technician experience. He has seen our problem on our model before. He can repair the leak without removing the water heater. By 12 noon he is finished. The plumbing fitting shattered in
his hand when he started to remove it. He has also repaired the coolant leak. We are free to go but decide we will camp in the back lot one more night before we head for Charlotte and the RV show there.
"Bring it in, we'll squeeze you into our schedule." I love those words.
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