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just had to return our new elddis avante again to the dealer(3 holidays 2 cut short with faults as the dealer refused to come to site to fix the van)

this time due to a gas leak on the regulator,and have recieved a strange call from the delaer stating that the regulator is not covered under warranty and i will have to pay for a new one,apparently truma say that bottled lpg gas is oiling up the regulators and this is causing the failures, i find this hard to believe on a 4 month old caravan,our old senator had a similar regulator and in 4 years of ownership never had a problem ,if i had paid 17k for a car i could not see any warranty issues why are caravans so different !!!!!!!

tony

Quote: Originally posted by Rune Caster on 16/8/2010

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This is very often caused by the regulator being fitted below the gas valve on the gas bottle causing any oil to drain into the regulator rather than back into the bottle - if this is the case for you then it would be the fault of whoever fitted the regulator.

If you do have to pay for a new regulator there are better ones than truma... apparently

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I changed my hoses to the Gaslow stainless ones to reduce the chance of this happening.

Regards, Brian

hi tony, Have had the same with mine BUT for the first 3 years they were replaced under warrenty.van is now 4 1/2 years old and i am on my 8th regulator. Van is in at the moment, hoping it is cured this time.  All the best andy

I have had 2 go in in 2 years in my motorhome, my reg is fitted above the bottles and i always made sure the pipe had a loop in it to keep any crap out, so i changed to the Gaslow stainless system as well. At least it has a 5 year guarantee, lets see if it will last any longer.
when i was fishing in france this year, it stopped working so i did take all the plastic plugs out and simmer/boil it in soapy water for an hour, you could see a film of oil on the top and it did work for the last few days but changed it as soon as i got home.

floppy