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Personalita197
30/9/2014 at 9:30pm
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Hi i am new to the forum i have bought 2010 coachman amara 535 and have noticed small amounts of pink fluid in the shower tray after i have towed the van i have cleaned the seal and put vasaline on it but it still leaked a little,coming home from our last trip at the week end completely flushed cistern empty, no pink fluid in tray could it need new lip seal    


Personbirdman101
30/9/2014 at 9:59pm
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If the flush tank is emptying the pump must run to do this or the anti-syphon valve inside the tank must be stuck.


PersonJohnaldo
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Alita,
I'd definitely advise against using vaseline on the seal - it contains petrol which rots rubber!
You should use Thetfords own lubricant, a general silicon spray or olive oil.
The lip seal is easy to replace - just remove eight screws to get at it.
John


Persontango55
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Quote: Originally posted by birdman101 on 30/9/2014If the flush tank is emptying the pump must run to do this or the anti-syphon valve inside the tank must be stuck.

I think you will find that on the Amara the toilet is a manual flush and not a 12 volt electrical flush so it's more likely to be the anti-syphon valve rather than the pump.
It may help if 'alita197' can confirm that it is a manual flush toilet.


Personblueexpo97
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2010 pretty sure that's manual.

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Personalita197
01/10/2014 at 9:17am
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Hi yes it is a manual flush will try a new lip seal and see how it goes many thanks


Personjanus
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Ring Thetford support and ask them my loo had a similar problem and they found a solution straight away, mine is a different loo so the solution is likely to be different but definitely not the lip seal.

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thetford recommend travelling with the flush tank empty to avoid the odd leak.. so maybe its normal.. i dont think its the blade seal.. any leaks there would go into the waste tank not on the shower floor..

trog


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Agree with Trog, try just travelling with the flush tank empty as there's no water tight seal between the back of the toilet and the filler cap.


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if its just a bit of flush water on the shower floor it probably dosnt mstter that much its clean..

trog


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Personalita197
01/10/2014 at 10:24pm
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Hi i emptied the the flush tank on my way home at the week-end when i got home there was no pink water in the shower tray so may be that is the way to go travel with it empty many thanks for the advise



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