Water pouring from bottom of camper

Dsauce24 · 11-11-2016, 04:45 PM

2015 passport 239ML
Purchased brand new Oct 1.

Hooked up the water hose at a glamp ground, started lowering stabilizer jacks. Heard water pouring from bottom of camper (under fridge area, between the two tires). Turned water off. Ran inside, bathroom sink full and overflowing. Water all over floor. (Kitchen sinks and tub empty)
Raised stabilizer jacks and came home... Shortest camping trip ever.

*All* tanks were completely empty.
Traveled extremely bouncy interstate for about 10 miles on the way there.

Any ideas would be appreciated.
This isn't my first camper, but this has never happened to me before. AC and dehumidifier are on right now to dry it out.

**chuckster57** · 11-11-2016, 05:37 PM

Welcome to the forum

Heck of a welcome, sounds like the bath faucet may have been left on and the stopper in place. If you have water in the fresh tank, turn the pump on and then see if you can operate the bath sink.

Some brands of faucets turn the cold side on backwards, and it takes some getting used to. You did use a water pressure regulator right?

Dsauce24 · 11-11-2016, 05:59 PM

If that were the case, water would not have been spilling from under the camper. But either way, the faucet was off.

Yes, water pressure regulator was used.

Dsauce24 · 11-11-2016, 06:06 PM

From the time I turned on the water outside to the time I heard the water hitting the ground under the camper was maybe three minutes at most. And that's stretching it. So from the hose connection, the water went straight up into the bathroom sink. The second I turned the water off, it stopped pouring from the bottom of the camper.

**chuckster57** · 11-11-2016, 06:16 PM

If you hooked up the hose to the city water in and it started pouring out the underbelly, then the water line on the backside of the hookup is where I would start. I misread your first post, sorry.

Grawe · 11-11-2016, 06:32 PM

Are your LOW point drains closed? It sounds like something is open or a fitting may have come off the plumbing. First verify all valves are closed, water closet is set to run city fixtures and water pump is OFF. Then go inside and have someone slowly turn on the water. You should be able to get a good start. These things, especially new, are nerve racking. Take it one step at a time and hopefully you won't have anymore 1 day trips. Let us know what you see and hear and we will help were possible. Good luck and welcome to RV'ing!

Grawe

GaryWT · 11-11-2016, 06:54 PM

Very strange. The only way for a sink to overflow is to have water running and the stopper closed or have the waste tank full and the water back up. That said, I don't think I would have packed up and gone home. I would have spent the weekend working on and looking for what was wrong. Check your tanks as maybe the gage is not working and you have a full tank. If you had a leaking hose, the water would not be getting to the sink. Look forward to hearing what you find.

Tbos · 11-11-2016, 07:40 PM

When you picked up the TT at the dealer did they go through a good PDI with you? I hope they did and it included using all the water hook ups. It sounds like a fitting came loose somewhere. Take it back and have them fix it.

bobbecky · 11-11-2016, 08:02 PM

Early on, I removed the sink stoppers from both bath sinks and also the stopper from the tub drain. A couple months ago, while tinkering outside, all of a sudden water started draining into the pass through storage. I went running inside, and the wife had put a stopper into the one bath sink to soak some clothes, and forgot she had the faucet not fully shut off. No permanent damage, but these sinks don't have overflow drains like in a home, and it's real easy for those stoppers to drop from the open position.

notanlines · 11-12-2016, 06:05 AM

If it stopped running out the second you turned it off then it will start running again out the bottom the second you turn it back on. That part should be easy then to simply have someone turn it back on easy-like and look under there. I see a two-fold problem here. I see a loose main water connection under the trailer (between the two axles), and I still suspect a stopper problem in the bathroom sink. Certainly I don't know, but I also am quite interested in knowing what you finally find.

Grawe · 11-16-2016, 02:36 PM

Glad it was a cheap and easy fix! Now you have your "Your not gonna believe it" story, we all have them... hopefully you have time to get a good (second atempt) maiden voyage in before you winterize. Safe travels!

GaryWT · 11-16-2016, 03:05 PM

What was the fix.

dwall · 11-16-2016, 03:09 PM

I'm with GaryWT, been following this for days. I'm more than curious to find out the cause.

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notanlines · 11-16-2016, 05:43 PM

I'm also with the lot of you. Grawe must have inside info. I'm a lost ball in high weeds.

Murphsmom · 11-16-2016, 07:31 PM

Glad it wasn't just me. I went back to the last page to see what I missed...nothing at all about it.

Ken / Claudia · 11-16-2016, 08:38 PM

Until we know, My guess is sink was on and it over filled. As the water is traveling across the floor it found a place to travel thru the floor and ended up dripping onto the ground where he heard it.
What I would have done is have stayed and checked and found the problem at the campground. Than if a pipe was leaking took it back to the dealer. Likely only would take a couple mins with or without help.

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